Mlp Ninja-Go: Rise of the Serpentine

by Blaze-saber

Rating: everyone
Tags: Alternate Universe, Comedy, Other, Adventure, Crossover, Flash Sentry, Ninjago, Main 6, Young Six, Drama, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 76249

The serpentine tombs have been opened.

It's has been some time since Lord Garmadon escape the Underworld and Equestria has nothing but peace.

Peace is boring, there's no one to save, there's nothing to do. That wasn't until Lloyd Garmadon, son of Lord Garmadon, started to cause trouble by opening the serpentine tombs. The the ninja one have their hooves full with this.

That is if they can stop fussing over who is the Destin Light Ninja and unlock their true potential.

Published 2022-07-05 10:30:00 UTC
Last updated 2022-11-12 15:19:12 UTC

Chapter 2: Home

Sensei Wu is meditating in his room in front of what look to be a flute. "My turn. Uh, it's my turn!" He heard Trail shout.

"Oh, you want a little more? Take this." He heard Landrush said. That made Wu stop meditating and put the flute wrapped it in cloth.

"Yeah? How about a little of this?" He heard Trail asked.

"Monkey paw to the head!" He heard Gaia shouted as Wu puts the flutes in a cabinet.

"Ninja roll!" Wu hear Thunder shout as he opened the door to where the tv and video games are. But was surprised to find them not there. "Dragon punch!" Wu then open the doors to the training ground to find them training. Both Twilight's friends and the young young six were there as well with Starlight, as they help the ninja train. Thunder use his nunchucks to block arrows Starlight, Ocellus, and Rarity are shooting. Yona, Gallus, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack threw dummies at Landrush as he used his scythe to knock them down. The rest hold up targets as Flash and Gaia used their weapons to lunch rocks at the targets.

"NINJA, Go!" Trail shouted as he practiced Spinjitzu as he spun around the training course. As everyone was doing their own thing, Frost was meditating in the middle of the training course. Once he raised his head, he jumped before flipping pass Thunder, Flash, and Gaia. They got distracted by him that Flash and Gaia got hit by the rocks they threw up, and a arrow got stuck in the chains of Thunder's nunchucks. Frost somersault to Landrush and took his scythe to knock down a dummy.

"NINJA, GO!" Frost shouted as he did Spinjitzu and froze the ground of the training course, causing Trail to slip on it.

"That was... interesting." Starlight said when she saw Frost do all that.

"This roof isn't big enough for the six of us." Trail said.

"Correction. This roof isn't big enough for him." Landrush told Trail.

"It's like he's in his own world. I bet he can't even hear us!" Thunder shouted when Frost was near. Frost continue to practice anyway while the others watch.

"Sensei, Frost's weird." Gaia told Wu.

"What is weird? Somepony who is different, or somepony who is different than you?" Wu asked.

"Nice words of wisdom. But no, he's "weird" weird." Gallus told Wu. They each remember the reasons why he's weird. The time Landrush was using the bathroom and Frost came in to comb his main. The time when Aqua, Thunder, Sliverstream, and Gallus was watching a movie, the stallion was saying goodbye to his lover. While they cried, Frost was laughing so hard like it was a comedy. Then there was the time Trail went to get a snack from the fridge, only to find Frost sitting inside the fridge eating a daisy sandwich.

Then there's now as Frost bow to a dummy before it hit his head. "We like the guy, he's really smart." Flash said. "He's just, uh, a little off sometimes."

"Yeah! He even question all my jokes!" Pinkie Pie said. "How could he NOT get them?!"

"Frost is a brother, and brothers are often different. I should know." Wu told them as he remembers his own brother. Meanwhile, a pegasus mare with a grey coat, yellow derpy eyes, and a mailbag was flying to the monastery for a mail delivery. Once she reached the gate, she rang the doorbell, which sounded like a gong.

"Mail!" Every ninja but Frost shouted before they went to open the gate. When they saw Derpy, she reached her bag for their mail. "Let's see, a letter from Thunder's parents." She said as she took out the letter and gave it to him. "One for Flash from Princess Twilight." She gave Flash his letter. "Trail has a fan letter." Trail snatched his. "One for Gaia, and it's from her mother." She gave it to Gaia. "Oh, something from Landrush's father." She said as she handed over the letter.

"What no package?" Landrush asked. "Me and Gaia are expecting something from the Dragon Lands."

"Yeah, from Dragon Lord Ember." Gaia said. "It should be here today."

"Hmm, no, nothing from, uh..." Derpy said as she dug into her bag before she pulled out a package that looked burned. "Ah, here it is."

"Ha! Orchy and Rocky are gonna love these." Gaia said as she took the package before she and Landrush ran off. As Flash, Trail, and Thunder open their letters, Ocellus noticed Frost is the only one who doesn't have one.

"Hey Frost." Ocellus called out. "How come you didn't get anything in the mail?"

"Yeah, how come you never hear anything from your parents?" Thunder asked.

"I don't remember my parents." Frost answered. "I've been an orphan all my life."

"You mean you've never had a home?" Trail asked as Frost looked down as he shook his head no.

"I know how you feel." Gallus told him. "I don't remember my parents either."

"The monastery is your home now, Frost. Just as the school of friendship is yours, Gallus." Wu said before Frost walked back inside. Meanwhile down in the dragon's keep, Landrush and Gaia open their package and pulled out some gems.

"Livertoad stones, my favorite!" Rocky said with excitement.

"And florist stone for you Orchy." Gaia told her dragon.

"You know me so well." Orchy said before she and Rocky took both gems and eat them.

Little did they know that Scales was seeing everything Landrush was seeing. He was on a tree house fortress and standing next to another serpentine as the others are constructing it.

"I can't believe you hypnotized one of the ninja." This serpentine told Scales. "Does the general know?" She asked.

"Of course not." Scales answered. "He's been put under the control of Lloyd, and I plan to use it for my best interest." He said before the general approach him.

"Everyone works while you two ssslack?" The general asked. "As my second in command, I expect more from you, Scales."

"Yesss, general." Scales said as he bow his head. The General turned to leave but Scales had more to say, "General, you know I am most loyal to you, but I must question this childish agenda. The ninja have ssstolen our ssstaff, yet you instruct your army to make thisss playhoussse for Lloyd?" The General frowned at Scales as he pointed out, "Sssnakes don't belong in treesss."

"You no better than to question my judgment, Scales." The general told him. "I'll pretend you didn't ask."

"Hey!" Lloyd called out from a elevator. "If we plan to rule Equestria from here, this elevator needs to have a trap door. I want more booby traps!"

"As you wish, young Garmadon." The general said as he gestured Scales to move along.

"As you wish, general." Scales said with a dark look before he went back to work.

As the sun sets over the monastery, Princess Twilight had arrived to talk about the serpentine with the others. They all have gathered in the dining room for dinner and it is Frost's night to cook. Mm. Oh, I love it when it's Frost's night to cook." Thunder said as he rubbed his belly.

"You said it." Spike said. "It's like the best I've ever eaten."

"Hey, I didn't any complaints about my sunflower chowder last night." Landrush said.

"That's because it glued our mouths shut." Trail told him. "You really thought Thunder was speechless all throughout dinner?"

"Yeah. Please don't make that again." Thunder told Landrush.

"Lucky we weren't here for that." Starlight whispered to Rainbow Dash as Frost brought out the main course.

"Dinner is served." Frost said as sat it down on the table. Everyone in the room can see that Frost is wearing a bright pink apron with flowers on it. The moment they saw it, they burst into laughter. Fluttershy was covering her mouth as to try not to laugh. "What's so funny?"

"Frost, you're wearing a... Well, even I wouldn't wear that." Aqua told him.

"You laugh because I take steps into ensure I am clean after cooking?" Frost asked as walked next to Landrush.

"Ha-ha! No, we laugh because you came out wearing that ridiculous outfit." Trail told Frost.

"I guess we don't share the same sense of humor." Frost said.

"Well, how about this?" Landrush asked before he shoved a plate full of food in Trail's face. Everyone but Frost laughed at that. "How could you not find that funny?" He asked before Wu came up behind him and put a bowl of chili on his head as Landrush let out a yelp. As Wu, Trail, Gaia, and Smolder laughed at that, he didn't.

"Now you are brothers." Wu told Frost and Landrush. Everyone started laughing and throwing food at each other as they are having fun. The only one who's not laughing is Frost as they continue and his apron is getting messy by the food they're throwing. Later, Frost walked outside with a trash bag and put it in a trash bin. He took off his messy apron just as Fluttershy came out.

"So sorry about what happened in there." Fluttershy said softly. "I think your apron was nice."

"Thank you, Fluttershy." Frost said before he looked up at the night sky. Shortly after, they heard a falcon cry and they saw one sitting on a branch, looking at Frost. As Frost tilted his head, the falcon did the same. When Frost shook his head after seeing the falcon, the falcon did the same. Both Frost and Fluttershy were surprised by this before Frost got on his back hooves and moved his front ones up and down while moving his back ones from side to side. The falcon was doing what Frost was doing with its wings and talents.

"I think it likes you." Fluttershy told Frost before she flew up to it. "Hello Mr. Falcon, it's nice to meet you. Are you here to build a new home here?" The falcon didn't make an sounds as it looked at Frost before it took off. Frost saw it fly off and felt that he had to follow it. So he did just that, with Fluttershy follow behind. They followed the falcon to a forest before it landed on a tree branch and they both saw the serpentine constructing the treehouse fortress.

"If I see one filly in here, I'm gonna go ballistic." Lloyd told some serpentine. Both Frost and Fluttershy knew they had to tell the others. When the falcon cry out, Frost looked up at it and smiled as it shook its head to tell them to go.

"Thank you, our mysterious friend." Frost told the falcon.

The next day, Frost and the other ninjas were running though the forest after he came back and told them what he and Fluttershy found. Frost was a head of them before he stopped and looked around to try and remember where to go next. "I don't even think Frost knows where he's going." Trail said to the others before they caught up to him. "Uh, tell us again how you stumble upon Lloyd's secret headquarters?"

"I followed a bird." Frost answered.

"Why did you follow a bird?" Gaia asked.

"Because it danced." Frost answered.

"Oh. Okay. Was it a cuckoo bird?" Thunder joke, causing everypony but Frost to laugh.

"Of course not. Everypony knows cuckoo birds are not indigenous to these forests." Frost told them before he continued on. The others just shrug before they followed him again. All six continue on before they reach location of the treehouse fortress.

"Watch it!" They heard Lloyd shouted. "No, bigger! Come on, we don't have all day. It's not time for lunch break."

"Holy cannoli, snowflake was right." Landrush said when they the treehouse fortress.

"We can't let that brat and those snakes get a hoofhold in Equestria." Flash told the others. "We got to destroy that thing before it becomes operational."

"Whoa. Are you sure?" Thunder asked. "It looks like a pretty cool tree house. There's a ropes course. Oh, a tree wing."

"Hey. Remember whose team you're on." Gaia told Thunder. "All right, boys, what do we do?"

"It looks like the entire place is being supported by those five trees." Flash told them as he pointed to five trees with ropes on them holding the treehouse fortress up. "Once those ties are severed, the whole thing is gonna fall like a house of cards."

"But why would one make a house of cards?" Frost asked. "Such construction would be careless."

"Oh, brother." Gaia said while she rolled her eyes.

"Travel in shadows, team." Landrush told them before they head out. Both Trail and Gaia made it to ropes in the ground before they cut the line and use them to head up. Two serpentine were getting on a elevator and as it moved up, Landrush is on holding on the bottom. As the two serpentine were on the elevator, one hit the other before he hit him back all while Flash, Thunder, and Frost was climbing a tree to the top. Thunder lots his balance and was about to fall down before Frost and Flash quickly got him. Each of them made it to the top of the treehouse fortress before they looked down and saw Lloyd.

"It's almost finished." Lloyd said. "Soon, my fortress will be complete. You!" He shouted at a serpentine. "Hold up that sign for me." The serpentine then picked up the sign that says, "No fillies or ninja" as LIoyd walked over to a lever and pulled it. A trapdoor underneath the serpentine open up and he fell down it. "Booby trap!" Lloyd yelled as that serpentine fell to the bottom. The ninja looked and nodded to one another as it is time to ruin Lloyd's day. Flash stayed on the treehouse fortress as they others went to the five trees to cut ties.

"NINJA, GO!" Thunder shouted as he did Spinjitzu and cut the rope. The moment the tie was cut, the treehouse fortress leane to one side and some serpentine fell out.

"NINJA, GO!" Frost shouted as he did Spinjitzu and cut another rope. When it did, the treehouse fortress started to fall apart and more serpentine fell out.

"NINJA, GO!" Both Trail and Gaia shouted as they did Spinjitzu at the same time to cut the ropes. Lloyd had to stopped himself from falling out before he looked up and saw Flash on top.

"I said no ninja. Attack!" Lloyd order the serpentine.

"Everyone, retreat!" Scales shouted. The serpentine listen to him as they either made their way out of the treehouse fortress, or fell out of it.

"Landrush, wait till we're off the tree house, then cut the line!" Flash told him, which Landrush gave a nod to. Scales saw Landrush and knew it was time.

"You will obey my every command." Scales said as the swirls in Landrush's eyes returned and was under his control.

"I will obey your every command." Landrush said as he gave a bow. The others joined Flash as the place is falling apart.

"Where's Landrush?" Thunder asked as Flash pointed to where he is.

"This whole place is coming down." Trail said before Landrush jumped to where they are with his scythe out.

"No pony goes anywhere, until you deal with me." Landrush told them as he approach them. The others backed up as he looked like he was going to hurt them bad and worried that the place could fall apart at anytime.

"What's gotten into him?" Gaia asked.

"Look at his eyes." Flash said as he pointed at Landrush's eyes.

"He's under their control." Frost said.

"Yeah, well, he better snap out of it quick, because this whole place looks like it's about to go down." Thunder said nervously.

"Don't go." Lloyd told Scales as he pulled on his arm. "We have to protect my tree house fortress."

"Your tree house?" Scales asked when he turned to look at Lloyd. "It's about time we did this."

"Did what?" Lloyd asked before Scales pulled a lever and a trap door open up underneath LIoyd. As the snakes laughed, Lloyd fell into a wooden cage.

"Now to get the ssstaff." Scales said before they all left. Back on top, the ninja were still backing up a bit as Landrush looked ready to attack.

"Okay, now come on. Friends don't hit friends." Thunder said before Landrush kicked him in the face. "Okay, uh, I'm gonna ignore that." Landrush then swung his scythe at them as they dodged his attacks. When he spin kicked but miss them, Landrush took a quick breath before he slammed his side next to Trail and a piece of roof fell down.

"What are we supposed to do?" Trail asked as he dodged a punch from Landrush. "If I use my sword, this place will go up in flames faster than a tinderbox." Landrush then swung his scythe at Frost and he nearly dodged it.

"Isn't the antivenin in the staff?" Frost asked as they continue to dodge Landrush.

"Yeah, but the staff is back at the monastery." Gaia said before Landrush kicked her and she fell off before Frost and Flash quickly grabbed her hooves.

"Thunder, use your lightning." Frost told him before he and Flash tossed Gaia back up. "Try to shock him out of his trance."

"Oh, sorry, Landrush, this is gonna hurt you a lot more than it's gonna hurt me." Thunder said before he took out his nunchucks and spin them around. He filled up electricity in the nunchucks before he launched a lightning bolt right at Landrush, which knocked him back. They watched as Landrush got up and saw that he is still under a trance. Landrush then ran at Thunder and knocked him off the roof. Thunder quickly grabbed a rope that was dangling off the treehouse and swung to a beam. "That is a serious safety hazard." Landrush grabbed his scythe before he ran across the last rope holding the place to where it is tied. They saw him raised his scythe and was about to cut the rope.

"No, Landrush, don't!" Flash called out. The others try to reason with him before they heard a soft music from a flute play. On the back of Trail's dragon is Wu and Aqua as Wu was the one playing the flute. As he played, Landrush's eyes returned to normal as the flute was snapping him out of his trance.

"Huh? Unh, huh? Unh, where--? Where am I? What am I doing?" Landrush asked.

"We're getting out of here because this whole place is coming down!" Aqua shouted. Each ninja ran and jumped on the fire dragon as the treehouse fortress fell apart.

"That flute." Trail spoke.

"It cancels their powers." Thunder said.

"It's as old as the serpentine themselves." Wu told them. "But we must hurry. The monastery's unguarded. Quickly!"

"I'll get us there as fast as I can!" Flame said as he flew them back to the monastery. As soon as they reached the monastery, they find it set a blaze and burn down.

"We're too late. Those snakes." Trail grunted when they saw the monastery burned down.

"Help us!!/Somecreature get us out of here!/We're trapped!!/Dragons in distress!!/I'm too young to be burned!!", the other dragons roared simultaneously as they were trapped in the dragons keep.

"Orchy!" Gaia shouted when she heard them. When the fire dragon land, Gaia quickly jumped off it and ran to free the other dragons. The others got off the dragon and to find their home has been destroyed. The ninja took off their masks and had sad looks on their faces.

"Our home." Flash said in a sad tone.

"Shard, put this out." Frost called out to his dragon.

"Right." Shard said as she used her ice breath to put out the flames.

"The training equipment, gone." Frost said.

"Our video games, gone." Thunder said.

"Everything, gone." Trail said.

"They stole their staff back." Wu told them.

"What do we do now?" Gaia asked before Orchy gently nuzzled her head to Gaia.

"At least we're all okay." She said as Trail picked up a piece of burned wood with his wing before he crushed it with anger.

"If you hadn't followed that silly bird, none of this would've happened!" Trail shouted at Frost.

"Trail." Wu spoke up.

"No. Sensei, he's right." Thunder said. "Because of you, my high score has been deleted!"

"This is a teaching moment." Frost spoke up. "We must learn from this."

"A teaching moment? What's wrong with you?" Gaia asked. "How can we learn from our destroyed home?!"

"Don't you get it? Everything is gone!" Landrush shouted at Frost.

"Enough!" Wu shouted and getting their attention. "We are all at fault. Frost is your brother."

"Wu is right." Flash spoke up. "If Frost hadn't followed that bird, then Lloyd and the serpentine would have gotten Equestria by surprise. We can't blame Frost for this."

"Flash is right. Apologize at once." Wu told them. They looked down knowing they're right before they turned to apologize to Frost.

"I'm sorry, Frost. I-" Trail started before they saw that Frost was gone.

"Frost?" Thunder asked as they look around for him. Wu looked off in the distance and sees Frost flying away on his dragon.

Meanwhile, the serpentine return to their tomb with Lloyd have one of his hooves tied to a rope while Scales hold the staff. All the serpentine were chatting amongst themselves about Scales, which made Lloyd worry. "Do something, general." Lloyd whispered. "You're still under my command, right?"

"Enough! I am the general, you will return my stuff at once." The general ordered Scales.

"No." Scales said, making the other serpentine be surprised that he disobeyed.

"You dare challenge my command?" The general asked before the serpentine started to chant.

"Slither Pit. Slither Pit. Slither Pit. Slither Pit." The serpentine chant.

"I guess we will have to fight for it." Scales said. "In, the Slither Pit!" All the serpentine cheered when Scales called for it. Scales then gave the staff to a serpentine to hold as Lloyd was tied to an icicle. This serpentine walked out on a balcony with the staff, looking down on Scales and the general who entered an arena made of ice.

"Winner gets the staff and leads the tribe." The serpentine announcer said. "You know the rules: There are none. But in the Slither Pit, whatever I say goes." Both Scales and the general nodded to those terms. "All right, fight!" The serpentine cheered and shout as Scales and the general circled each other. The general the swing his tail at Scales, only for him to jump over it. Scales then through a punch at the general, but the general caught the punch before he tried to punch Scales. Scales quickly got free and hit the general in the face. As the fight went on, Lloyd saw a map sticking out some ice with a skeleton inside it. While the serpentine are watching the fight, Lloyd was reaching for the map. With his hoof tied up, he struggled to grab it.

"Two weapons!" The serpentine announcer declared as he pulled the lever and weapons made of ice lowered down. The general picked up a shield and a pickaxe, while Scales took two swords. The general through the pickaxe at Scales, only for him to dodge it. The pickaxe hit a wall and cause a crack that cost a few stalactites to fall where the general stood as he use shield to block them. "Sidewinder!" Thr serpentine announcer declared as he pulled another lever in the platform the two are on began to wobble. As they struggle to keep their balance, Lloyd was able to take the map.

"Go, general. Go!" Lloyd cheered as they fought. The general rattled his tail as he was using his powers on Scales. But Scales quickly kicked the general in the face before he could fall under his spell. Scales then swung his two swords at the general as he used his shield to block each one. Scales then moved his body like a snake which confused the general before Scales ran up and kicked him in the jaw, causing him to fall to the ground.

"He used Fang Kwan Do." One serpentine called out when they saw it.

"Uh, get up. Get up!" Lloyd order the general. The general set up before he fell back down.

"We have a winner!" The serpentine announcer declared as he hold up Scales' arm and all the others cheered. The moment Scales took the staff, both his and the ex-general's bodies change. Scales' legs fuse together as a tail was growing while the ex-general's tail grew shorter. Soon the two swapped scales as Scales is the new general and every serpentine cheered his name.

"You will be loyal to me now." Scales told the ex-general.

"I will do as you command." The ex-general said before Scales turned his attention to Lloyd.

"You, leave and never return." Scales told Lloyd.

The ninjas, Aqua, Wu, and their dragons are by a fire while eating something. "Uh, what are we eating again?" Trail asked.

"Ugh. Mud newt." Landrush answer after taking a bite out of his. "Not bad for something that lives underground."

"What? Aah! Ugh!" Thunder shouted as he spat out his and threw a rock into a can nearby. "Yeah, a new high score."

"This is a new low..." Whisp sigh as Twilight and her friends came in.

"We heard what happened to the monastery." Applejack told them. "Them snakes are gonna pay for this."

"In the meantime, you all can stay with me in the castle till we find you a new home." Twilight offered.

"Thank you, your highness. But, we do not wish to be a bother for you." Wu told her. "Remember, we must be thankful for what we still have."

"What do we have? Our home is gone." Gaia spoke up.

"You know, I don't miss our home, what I really miss is Frost." Flash said.

"Yeah. I miss Frost too." Thunder said.

"Frost?" Aqua asked when she saw something.

"Yeah, Frost." Thunder said. "You know, white ninja? The smart, strange one?"

"No! Frost!" Aqua shouted as she pointed at Frost himself.

"Frost!" Everypony shouted before they ran over to him.

"Oh, Frost. We're so sorry for everything we said." Thunder told him. "We're a team, and that means we're all responsible."

"You don't need to apologize to me." Frost told them.

"But what about all those awful things we said?" Trail asked. "Isn't that why you left?"

"Of course not." Frost said. "I saw the falcon again and I followed him."

"A falcon?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"It was thanks to him he and I found that treehouse fortress." Fluttershy said.

"That's our Frost." Landrush said with a smile before they group hugged him.

"We're happy to have you back." Aqua told him.

"Why? Is it my turn to make dinner?" Frost asked, causing the others to laugh.

"Yes, Frost." Wu answered. "We would love for you to make dinner."

"But I already made it." Frost told them. "Come, I want to show you what I found. I think you will all be pleased." They all followed Frost for a while before he stops and turns to them. "I can't explain it, but I feel a strange connection with the falcon. I think he's trying to help show us the path we need to take." They walked for a bit more till they what looked to be a a large red ship with a dragon head on the front. "Our new home."

The others were in aw at the sight of the ninjas' new home. "That's an awesome looking ship!" Pinkie Pie shouted.

"That's not just any ship, that's the Destiny's Bounty!" Twilight told Pinkie with excitement. "I read about it in books, but to see it in person it's truly astounding!"

"Do I smell pie?" Thunder asked.

"Cobbler berry." Frost said. "Oh, and I made myrtle berry, and apple, and--" Everypony but Wu and Frost was already running to the bounty to chow down on some pie before he could finish telling them.

"I am proud of you, Frost." Wu told him. "One day, I promise, you will find your family."

"But I've already found them." Frost said.

"I feel there's more to you than meets the eye." Wu told Frost. "There's something special about you, Frost."

"Sensei, will I become the Light Ninja?" Frost asked.

"It's too early to tell." Wu said. "But if it's in your path, you will know. Come now, it will be a shame to let them eat all that pie." They went to join the others. As they laugh together as they enjoyed dinner or throw food at each other, Lloyd was watching them from a distance before he sigh. He then walked away as he followed the map he took, which showed him the locations of the other four serpentine tombs.

Chapter 3: Snakebit

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Chapter 4: Never Trust a Snake

Author's Note

The Light Ninja gi looks like the O.G. Green Ninja gi.

Chapter 4: Never Trust a Snake

A flock of birds sit on a tree branch before the falcon that showed Frost Lloyd's Treehouse Fortress and the Destiny's Bounty cries out while it lands on that branch. The other birds flew away as soon as it did. Seems it was just doing nothing at first before it spoke. "Wake up, Frost. I know where you come from." Frost wakes up and hits his head on the bunk as he woke up from a dream. He gets out of bed and finds that he's the only one in the room. He walks over to the window and sees the falcon flying by, causing him to smile. Frost made his way to the bridge where Wu and Aqua are.

"The hunt starts early today." Frost said when saw them work.

"A watchful eye never sleeps." Wu told him when he looked up from a map.

"As long as Lloyd and the Serpentine roam freely, no one in Equestria is safe." Aqua said.

"Where are the others." Frost wondered.

"Training on the upper deck." Wu said. Frost made his way outside and to where the others are. He hears the falcon cry as he looks up and sees him on the top of the ships mast.

"You were in my dream, little friend." Frost told the falcon. "Last time I saw you, you led me to good fortune. What reason have you returned?" The falcon then flys off as Frost runs to the head of the ship to see him go. Frost couldn't help but sense something was wrong as a familiar shadow was shown on the deck and approached him. The shadow belongs to a pitch black stallion unicorn with red glowing eyes, his white rib cage shown on his chest, and wears a helmet with a bone in it. "Lord Garmadon." Frost quickly turned to face Garmadon. "But you were banished."

"Only to return for the weapons of Spinjitzu." Garmadon said before he pulled two swords. "Soon I will have the power to recreate Equestria in my own image!" He charged and swung his swords at Frost, only for him to flip over Garmadon as he took out his two shurikins before he landed. "Give me your Shurikens of Ice!"

"You'll have to take them from me! NINJA, GO!" Frost did Spinjitzu as he approached Garmadon. However, Garmadon stopped him by grabbing him by the throat before he threw him back at a few boxes on deck.

"So be it." Garmadon the cut a rope that hold up a large crate that was above Frost. Frost saw the crate fall and quickly closed his eyes to wait for the impact. But it never came as somepony in a sliver ninja gi lift the heavy crate before throwing it overboard. Frost opened his eyes and saw the pony who saved him.

"The Light Ninja. The legend's true." Frost said in awe at the sight of the ninja who saved him and can see that it is an alicorn. He the look towards Garmadon, who ready the two swords for a flipped over to the Light Ninja. The Light Ninja struck first by throwing a punch at Garmadon's head before he flipped back when Garmadon swung one of the swords. Garmadon try to thrust both swords at the Light Ninja, but the Light Ninja quickly jumped on them. Garmadon the spun around to throw the Light Ninja off, but the Light Ninja quickly grabbed the mast before he/she spun around it and land safely. Garmadon threw his two sorts at the Light Ninja, but he/she quickly spiral jumped to dodge them and they hit the mast. After landing on the ground, the Light Ninja did Spinjitzu around the mast it is bright sliver.

Frost watched in awe when he saw how incredible the Light Ninja is. After a few laps around the mast, Garmadon front flipped over to the Light Ninja before he got punched in the face a few times when he landed infront of the Light Ninja. The Light Ninja blocked an attack from Garmadon before he/she jumped back from a kick. After the Light Ninja spin kicked, Garmadon ducked only to get kicked again when he did. After falling back, Garmadon quickly jumped up before the Light Ninja flipped over him and took out the Bo of Wind and the Nunchucks of Lightning. Garmadon picked up a sword and charged at the Light Ninja, only to get hit by both weapons and knocked overboard.

After Garmadon was defeated, Frost looked at the Light Ninja who had one hoof on fire while the falcon was on the other. "Who are you?" He asked as he got up, but got no response. "Flash, is that you?" Another falcon flew pass them before another did. Frost looked around him to see multiple falcons around them. "What's the meaning of this? Who are you, Light Ninja?" Frost then bumped his head when he woke up in his bed and this time, the others were in the room with him.

"Oh, sleeping in?" Thunder asked sarcastically. "You're going to be late for training."

"Ah. How come no one awaken me?" Frost asked as he got out of bed.

"We didn't think you wanted us to." Gaia said. "You look like you were having some dream."

"How do I know this isn't a dream-- Unh!" Frost got hit in the face with a pillow by Landrush.

"Does that feel like a dream?"

"No. Thank you for your help." Frost said as the others laughed. The Destiny's Bounty was in the water as morning came and ninjas were in their gis on.

"Heh-heh. Little slow today, huh?" Flash asked Frost. "What exactly did you dream about?"

"I saw the falcon again."

"Whoa. Frost, every time you see that bird something big happens." Thunder said. "First, it led you to the secret treehouse."

"Then it let you to the Bounty." Landrush said as Wu stood infront of them.

"All right. Stretches." Wu spoke up. "First, the Swooping Crane." He turned before he stood on one while he had his front hooves up and his students copy him.

"This time, it showed me the Light Ninja." Frost whispered to the others.

"The Light Ninja?!" They shouted, causing Wu to turn around and sees Flash and Trail covering their eyes, Gaia and Thunder covering their mouths, and Landrush covering his ears.

"That looks like the Shocked Monkey. Bad form, more focus." He turned back around and they went back to the Swooping Crane.

"You can't just drop a bomb like that. Spill the beans." Thunder whispered to Frost.

"Yeah, what else did you see?" Trail whispers.

"He or she was fighting Lord Garmadon." Frost answered quietly.

"That's what the prophecy said, that the Light Ninja would defeat the Dark Lord." Flash whispered. "But if you said "he or she", does that mean you didn't have a chance to see one of us is it?" The others wondered as well.

"I could not tell. Whoever it was shared attributes each of us possessed." Frost told them.

"Now, Pinching Crab." Wu said as they stood their back hooves while they lowered themselves a little they hold their front hooves up like crab claws.

"Well, tell us everything, and don't spare any details." Trail whispers to Frost. "There has to be a clue that can tell us which one of us is going to be the Light Nin- Ow, ow, ow! Hey!" He complained when Wu pulled on his ear.

"What was so important to ignore my teachings?" Wu asked them.

Uh, well you see- Meph!!" Flash started before Gaia quickly covered his mouth.

"Uh, nothing?" Trail said.

"It was nothing, sensei." Thunder quickly said.

"Yeah, we don't talk while you teach." Landrush told him.

"Everypony was paying attention." Frost said.

"We were totally focused." Gaia said before she removed her hoof from Flash's mouth.

"Since you all appear to be lacking in focus, then you all can share in the punishment." Wu told them.

"What?" Trail complained.

"Punishment?" Thunder asked.

"No fair." Gaia complained.

"I try to tell the truth." Flash told him.

"It was all Frost." Landrush told Wu.

"I was merely answering their questions." Frost explained.

"No free time and no video games." Wu told them. "The rest of the day can be used for training. And tomorrow, for that matter."

"Training? For how long?" Trail asked.

"Until you can answer the simple riddle: What is the best way to defeat an enemy?" Wu told them.

"Easy, with a sword." Trail answered.

"Your hooves." Thunder answered.

"Staying fit." Flash answered.

"Keeping balance." Gaia answered.

"Spinjitzu." Landrush answered.

"Tornado of Creation?" Frost asked, in hopes that was the answer.

"Ah. Pace yourselves." Wu told them as he walked up some steps. "You have a lot of training ahead of you. Make sure you sharpen your mind as well as your Spinjitzu." They all looked down as they knew it was going to be a long day.

"Ah. What's the best way to defeat an enemy?" Landrush asked as he picked a bo staff from a box. "It could be anything. Unh." A training wheel popped up from the deck next to Thunder.

"Come on, guys, we're smart. We can figure this out." He said as he flipped through the axes on the wheel. Another one popped up infront of Trail before he punched a punching bag. He then looked to see Wu go into the bridge and out of view before he and the others walked over to Frost.

"Yeah, but let's hear more about this dream." Trail said as they listen to Frost.

"Let me just say, the Light Ninja is awesome." Frost said before he begins to tell them about his dream.

Up on the mountains, the Fangpyres and Lloyd are making their way to the Hypnobrai. "Go, general." Lloyd said as they continue on. Meanwhile at the top, Scales is leading the Hypnobrai down to face the Fangpyres. "The Hypnobrai. Now to teach them a lesson for portraying Lloyd Garmadon!" Thr Fangpyre general looked at LIoyd. "Uh, do your thing, Fangpyre. I let you out of your hole for a reason."

"Attack!" The general ordered as the other Fangpyres cheered while they advance to the top and the Hypnobrai was coming down. Soon both sides stopped in the middle and the Fangpyre General hopped off the reptilian bike to meet with the Hypnobrai when he suddenly recognized the General leading them, his rage quickly subsiding to give way for joy.

"Scales, my old chum!" The Fangpyre general said with joy. "I didn't think I'd be fighting you." Both generals came close and fist-bumped each other. "Hm, moved up in the world, have we?"

"If it isn't the Fangpyre," Scales said with a smile. "Of all the cold-blooded to creep up on us, I'm glad that it is a friend." Lloyd was confused by all of this, however.

"Wait, I thought you were enemies. Not friends," Lloyd pointed out, a little disappointed by this revelation.

"We were at war," the Fangpyre general said. "But seeing that Scales is now leading them... Well, I don't see why we can't be comrades."

"Had you released the Constrictai, the Venomari, or heaven forbid the Anacondrai, then we would've had a tussle," Scales told Lloyd.

"A tussle? A tussle?! But I'm Lloyd Garmadon, bringer of evil!"

"Heh-heh. What should we do with him?" Scales asked the Fangpyre general while they had their backs to Lloyd.

"I could turn him into one of us." Lloyd was not liking where this is going if he stays here.

"Hm, no, the little tyke is pretty useless." Scales told the general.

"What if you hypnotize him and make him think he's a pig?" The general asked as Lloyd decided to sneak away.

"That'd be pretty funny." Both Scales and the general laughed.

"Ha-ha! Can you imagine?" Lloyd hopped off the bike and run for it before the Hypnobrai and the Fangpyre surrounded him. Lloyd quickly jumped on a tail of another snake bike as they were getting close. The bike however growled before it fling its tail to send Lloyd flying off the face of the mountain. He fell to the bottom in a blanket of snow before he mumbled as he struggled to get out.

"With his hoof on fire." Frost finished telling them about his dream, causing them to go whoa.

"So I'm the Light Ninja." Trail thought out loud.

"What are you talking about?" Landrush asked. "He had Incredible strength to lift that cargo and save his life. It's me."

"No, no. Did you miss the part of the story where the guy pulled out nunchucks? I have nunchucks." Thunder said as he pulled his nunchucks.

"The guy also pulled out a bo, and Flash has one but you don't see him thinking it's him." Gaia pointed out. "Besides, you all obviously didn't hear that the Light Ninja is an alicorn! So it's me, because nopony has ever heard of stallion alicorn!"

"I think you're all missing the point of this dream." Frost spoke up. "The point is the falcon flew on his hoof and it was my dream, so naturally it's me."

"I think we can cross Landrush off the list." Thunder said. "I could've lifted--"

"Whoa, cross me off the list?" Landrush asked and interrupted him as Wu walked up behind them. "Anypony can hold nunchucks and a bo."

"Since you are not training, you must have already found the answer to my riddle." Wu assumed. "What is the best way to defeat your enemy?"

"Uh, the best way to defeat your enemy is to train, sensei?" Trail guest.

"Feeble and incorrect." Wu quickly told them. "Maybe more training will help you focus. Remember what happened to your vehicles when you lost focus. A razor sharp weapon is extension of a razor sharp mind." He told them before he went below deck. When he was gone, all six of them groan in frustration.

"How am I supposed to focus when we don't know who the Light Ninja is?" Thunder complained.

"I don't want to be training all day." Landrush said. "Let's work together on this riddle. We can figure it out."

In the desert, Lloyd was following the map to another tomb. ""Had you release the Constrictai, the Venomari, or heaven forbid the Anacondrai, then we would have had a tussle."" Lloyd mocked Scales. "Pfft!" He looked up from the map and he arrived to his destination. The Anacondrai tomb is a giant rock in the shape of a snake fang. "I found it!" He ran over to the tomb and under the rock is the entrance to the tomb. "The Anacondrai. The most feared and powerful Serpentine of them all. And if they're afraid of the Anacondrai, then the Anacondrai is what they're gonna to get." He said with an evil laugh.

Lloyd then opened the tomb before he walked in the dark place. Lloyd had turned on a flashlight to see a few skeletons of the Anacondrai on the ground. It looked like not a single one of them survived. Lloyd continue to look around, completely unaware something was behind him. It was invisible before it's purple eyes, fangs, and a jewel its head was shown. It turned visible when Lloyd turn his head for him to see a dark purple Serpentine with with a little black scales and a long neck and tail. Lloyd screamed and jumped when he saw it before he hit the ground and dropped his flashlight.

The large Serpentine came around a rock near where Lloyd landed and looked at him before he picked up the flashlight. "My sincerest apologies, young colt ." He spoke in a courtly tone before he felt his stomach rumble and raised his long neck while smacking his lips. "Oh, dear, due to my unfortunate appearance, I tend to have an unsettling effect on other creatures. Oh, I believe you dropped this." He gave Lloyd back his flashlight. "Ah, there you are."

"Uh, thank you." Lloyd said nervously. "Uh, what happened to the others?"

"Poor, unfortunate souls." The large Serpentine said as they walked. "All those years, locked away with nothing to eat. Must have slowly starved away until they were just scales and bones." Lloyd continue hear the loud rumbling coming from the large Serpentine's stomach. "And who may you be, my little appetize-- Uh, I mean, friend?"

"Lloyd Garmadon." Lloyd introduced himself. "Son of Lord Garmadon and future dark ruler."

"Oh. Ha-ha. How deliciously evil." The large Serpentine praised. "If I had hooves, ooh, I'd be trembling in my boots."

"And, uh, who are you?"

"Humbly, I am Pythor P. Chumsworth." Pythor said with a bow. "And since you freed me, I am eternally in your service."

"Really? You're not gonna trick me?" Lloyd asked suspiciously.

"Oh, why would I trick you?" Pythor asked before he looked around. "I hardly have any friends."

"Whoa. I hardly have any friends too."

"You don't say." Pythor replied.

"Hey, how would you like to be my loyal henchman?" Lloyd asked as he turned his back to Pythor. I've been betrayed by the Hypnobrai and the Fangpyres, and I'm looking to get a little revenge on some ninja too." Pythor looked over Lloyd before his eyes were set on the map of a serpentine tombs in a saddlebag.

"Hm. I love revenge." Pythor said, acting all excited. "Oh, you know, Floyd-"

"It's Lloyd."

"Whatever. I have a feeling this is the start of a beautiful friendship." Pythor said as they walked out of the tomb.

Back on the Destiny's Bounty, the Ninjas we're grunting as they continue to train while also trying to figure out the riddle. Frost was practicing his balance, Thunder was working on some flipping, Landrush was spinning a staff around, Trail was hitting a punching bag, and both Gaia and Flash were sparring together. "Anypony got a solution to sensei's riddle?" Landrush asked.

"It can't be that hard." Thunder said. "What's the best way to defeat an enemy?"

"Frost, you're smart. What is it?" Flash asked as he blocked a kick from Gaia.

"I do not know, but I sense that sensei is going to keep us here if we don't work together and find an answer." Frost said as Thunder flipped pass him.

"That bothers me, because while we're here working, that means the enemy is playing." Landrush said as he slam the bo down.

In a one of the towns, both Lloyd and Pythor are playing, literally. As Lloyd laughed evilly while sitting in the basket of a bicycle while Pythor steered, they knocked over some trash cans of some of the residents as they went by. They soon went to a park and removed a sign that says no "walking on the grass." Once Pythor removed it, Lloyd went out and started to jump or roll around on the grass.

They then soon and stole an ice cream cart as they had stacks of ice cream on one cone. Both Pythor and Lloyd went to another park and through some stones at a couple of toy boats to make a couple fillys cry. They even started to steal candy from some foals and place them in a wheelbarrow full of candy as they mean their way back to pythor's tomb. They lay on the ground of the tomb as they were done eating some candy. "Wow. You're the best henchman a mastermind could ever have." Lloyd told Pythor.

"Lloyd, you're the best mastermind a henchman could ever have. Hm, why is it that you have no friends?"

"Well, I could've had friends back at my Boarding School for Naughty Foals, but I decided to run away and never let them see me again." Lloyd told him before he laughs.

"Really? Uh, why would you run away from making friends?" Pythor asked. "Everycreature needs friends, even tyrants."

"Well, uh, maybe I didn't run away. Maybe I, uh-- I got kicked out." Lloyd told the truth.

"From the Boarding School for Naughty Foals?" Pythor asked in shock. "I don't believe it. I hear they are the breeding ground for the truly despicable. And if you ask me, hoho, you are a hoofful." He then licks a lollipop.

"Well, thank you, Pythor, but they told me I wasn't bad enough." Lloyd told him. They said I lack the amoral ambition to be one of tomorrow's masterminds."

"Well, you'll show them." Pythor said as he stood up.

"That's right. I will show them."

"Then why don't we?" Pythor asked.

"Uh, why don't we what?"

"Let's get revenge on the very school that rejected you." Pythor said. "And when the ninja come to the rescue, we'll have a trap laid out for them."

"A double revenge? Lloyd asked.

"A double revenge. Get some rest." Pythor told Lloyd. "Hijacking an ice cream cart is a lot for anypony, and if you're going to rule the world, well, ho-ho-ho, you'll need to get your asleep. Oh, and one more thing."

"Yes?"

"I'll be your friend." Pythor told him before they hugged and Lloyd yawned. Pythor had mischief grin on his face when Lloyd wasn't looking.

"Oh, Pythor, you're the best." Lloyd told him as he lay down on the ground to sleep. As Lloyd fell to sleep, Pythor had his eyes on his target, the map of tombs in Lloyd's saddlebag. He laughed a little before he reached out to take it. But Lloyd turned over to where he can't reach it while he slept, causing Pythor to grunt and growl in frustration.

On the Destiny's Bounty in Sensei Wu's quarters, Princess Twilight sits in front of him while they have a cup of tea. "So Princess Twilight, what seems to be troubling you?" Wu asked after taking a sip of tea.

"Well Wu, it's about Cozy Glow." Twilight told him as she looked down at the memory. "I know what she, Tirek, and Chrysalis had done was wrong and unforgivable. But I saw the look of regret when they got turned into stone. I can't help but feel if I should have done something or at least try harder." She sat her cup down. "Now a part of me is saying free her, but another part of me is saying it's a bad idea and she might get rid of all magic again. What should I do?"

"I believe you should listen to the part of you that tells you to do what's right." Wu told her as he sat down his cup. "You see Twilight, a young one's heart is like a small pond or lake, fresh and clean. It will only change or stay the same by the one who takes care of it. Cozy Glow had only done what she did because she was under the influence of one who carried darkness in his heart."

"Tirek."

"Yes, his influence darken her heart and had corrupted her." He said as he poured more tea. "But a young one is never too late to change. Like a polluted lake, it can be clean and shine once more if one is willing to clean it." The door to his room open before the ninjas poked their heads in. "Oh. You must have found the answer to what is the best way to defeat an enemy?" Wu asked when he saw them.

""The best way to defeat an enemy"?" Twilight asked.

"Long story, Twilight. And we have sensei." Landrush said. "It's... On three, team. One, two..."

"Teamwork!" All six ninjas said together.

"Is this what you all think?" Wu asked before they agreed. "Sadly, you are all wrong." All six groan in disappointment. Twilight and the ninjas then went above and they told about their punishment and the riddle.

"So because of this dream Frost had, you'll have to keep training until you get the answer to the riddle?" Twilight repeated.

"Yep, that pretty much sums it up." Flash said.

"I'm starting to think whoever figures out this riddle can be the Light Ninja for all I care." Gaia complained before the alarm sound.

"What's that?" Thunder asked.

"Who cares? It's something else besides training." Trail said before they rushed to the bridge where Aqua is. "Break it down for us, sis."

"Lloyd and a Serpentine have overtaken Darkley's Boarding School for Naughty Foals." Aqua told them.

"That place is a cesspool for the crooked and the misbehave." Thunder pointed out.

"Doesn't mean they don't need our help. Step on it." Flash said before Frost ran over a push the button. The sails popped open as rotors on the bottom turned on a fire underwater while everypony on board came out.

"NINJA, GO!" The six ninjas shouted before the Destiny's Bounty took flight and flew towards Darkly's Boarding School for Naughty Foals.

Meanwhile at the school that is a tall building, the sound of Lloyd laughing as a door to a science class closed while a bunch of fillies and colts were tied up while two familiar skeletons, Nuckal and Kruncha were also tied up and hanging upside down with tape over their mouths. In the halls, both Lloyd and Pythor were on skateboards as they ride through the halls.

"Heh-heh. Hey, how are the booby traps?" Lloyd asked Pythor.

"Every door, window, and hole into this place are spring loaded." Pythor told him.

"Ah, good. I'm sick and tired of those ninjas sneaking their way into my evil doings." Lloyd complained. Outside and high above the school, the Bounty hovers over it as Flash and Frost looked down at the school.

"Looks quiet down there." Frost said before looked back at the others. "Should we infiltrate using stealth?"

"Nah, we've done that." Flash said. "Lloyd will be prepared for us this time."

"What about using our golden weapons that turn into vehicles?" Trail asked.

"I'm still working out the kinks on that." Landrush said as he had his Spinjitzu vehicle out and was working on it. "Anypony have any other good ideas?"

"He. Well, I have one idea, but you guys gotta trust me." Thunder said.

"Oh. I don't think I like the sound of this." Gaia said. On the rooftop of the school, Lloyd paste around while Pythor stood near a cannon.

"Relax, we've made the perfect trap." Pythor told Lloyd. "We are in broad daylight so there isn't any shadows. But even if they could get in..." Lloyd then something on the ground go by fast.

"What's that!?" Lloyd shouted before he stepped aside and Pythor aim the cannon before firing a net at whatever Lloyd saw. The flew across the air before it landed on a small bunny.

"Oh, good. Yeah, good reflexes." Lloyd acted all cool. "I was just testing you. If I know these ninjas, they're cleverly sneaking their way right past us at this very moment." The ninjas were on the anchor of the ship while they all but Thunder looked extremely nervous.

"Thunder, I don't know about this." Flash said.

"Just hold on tight!" Thunder shouted before he signaled aqua to drop the anchor. Aqua reached over to a button and the anchor dropped down with the ninjas holding on for dear life. Lloyd and Pythor saw them coming down and quickly moved before the anchor crashed through the roof. It the crashed to the next floor, and then the third. The ninjas sigh, thinking it was over before crashing down to the second floor. The ninjas coughed by the amount of dust that was kicked up before getting up.

"Okay, let's agree to never do that again." Landrush said before they noticed that they fell to where the students, Nuckal, and Kruncha are. Landrush walked over to the students before he raised his scythe. The students panic as they thought he was going to do something to them before Landrush swing his scythe and cut them free. "Stay out of school, kids." He told them as they ran out.

"Or at least this one!" Gaia shouted to them before she turned her attention to Nuckal and Kruncha. "Well, well, well. Kruncha and Nuckal. Substitute teachers, eh? It we cut you down, we better not catch you hanging around Equestria again." Both skeletons nodded as they agreed and just want to be let down. "Or else." She said before Landrush cut them down and they fell. They quickly got up and bumped into each before they ran out.

"He's on the top floor! Let's get him!" Trail shouted as he pointed to Lloyd on the rooftop as he was looking down from the hole they made.

"NINJA, GO!" All six shouted as they split up to head to the top. Trail and Frost did Spinjitzu while they went out of the room and some stairs Flash and Landrush cleaned up the chains of the anchor, and both Thunder and Gaia took an elevator up. They both listen to some elevator music as they waited to get to the floor they want to get.

Meanwhile, Pythor is in one of the classrooms with a bucket on top of a door. Soon both Trail and Frost spin their way to that room and kicked open the door. The bucket then tipped over and they got stuck in a tone of slime. "Ugh!" Trail groan in disgust.

"I can't move." Frost said while Pythor and Lloyd laughed before Lloyd saw Flash and Landrush are still coming. Thunder and Gaia were still in the elevator as Thunder was getting a bit sleepy. Gaia noticed this before she bumped him awake. Meanwhile, both Flash and Landrush made to where Pythor is before they leaped off the chains and ready their weapons. Pythor however was holding on to a rope and was ready for them.

"Prepare to eat dust." Landrush told Pythor. Pythor then pulled the rope and trip both Flash and Landrush down as dust was kicked up when they fell. They both coughed by the dust there was as Pythor slithered out and both Thunder and Gaia flipped out of the elevator when it stopped.

"He's got a Serpentine with him! Watch for booby traps!" Flash told them as he pointed at Pythor.

"Ah, that's one big snake." Thunder said with wide eyes when they saw Pythor. Both he and Gaia chased after Pythor as he went up the stairs to the roof.

"They're coming! They're coming! They're coming!" Lloyd panicked as he ran around as Pythor came through the door to the roof and closed it with his tail. Pythor then picked up a large wooden beam and put it over the door. As he backed up, both Thunder and Gaia first through the door with ease and ready their weapons.

"Shocked to see us?" Thunder pond as they took battle stands.

"Do something!" Lloyd ordered Pythor. But Pythor just chuckled as he took the map from Lloyd's saddlebag. Lloyd saw this and turned to Pythor in confusion as the Anacondrai unfurled and looked over the map, "Wha...What are you doing? I thought you were my friend."

"All you wanted was to make the Serpentine your slaves!" Pythor glared at Lloyd as he slithered away. "Well, sorry, my dear boy, I have other plans." He said before he turned invisible. Both Thunder and Gaia looked around when Pythor turned invisible before they turn their attention to Lloyd. Lloyd try to look for a way out when they walked to him as he run. Lloyd ran around the hole as before he looked over the edge and saw it was a long way down. As he backed up, the Bounty came down with Twilight, Aqua, and Wu on deck as the others soon joined them on the roof.

"Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon, you come here right now." Wu demanded.

"I got him." Thunder said as he picked up Lloyd.

"Whoa! Hey, let me go!" Lloyd shouted as Thunder carried him over his shoulder.

"What should we do with him?" Landrush asked. "Wash his mouth out with soap for a year?"

"Ground him indefinitely?" Trail asked.

"Have him sit in a corner for a century?" Frost asked.

"Why not all of the above?" Gaia asked.

"I know exactly what we must do." Wu told them, causing Lloyd to gulp. Later that night as the Destiny's Bounty rests on a mountain top, Lloyd lays on a bed as Wu was finishing telling him a story. "And that is why Jack the rabbit never trust a snake." The end." Wu closed the book and looked at LIoyd with his hood down to so he has a blonde main.

"Oh, if my dad had read me that book, I would never have made that mistake. I'm sorry, uncle." Lloyd said as Wu stood up. The ninjas watched through the doorway with confused looks on their faces.

"Oh, you do not need to apologize." Wu told his nephew. "I'm sure that if your father was still here, it would be the first book he'd read to you. Goodnight, nephew. Sweet dreams."

"Ah. Goodnight, uncle." Lloyd said before he drifted off to sleep. The ninjas soon scattered as Wu turned to leave Lloyd's room. He walked up to the top deck where the ninjas approached him.

"I don't get it, sensei." Trail said.

"Why isn't the little brat getting punished?" Thunder asked.

"Yeah, we had to train all day and he gets read a bedtime story?" Landrush complained. "It's not fair."

"Hm, you're right, I nearly forgot." Wu said as he turned to them. "Why are you not still training? Did you find the answer to the riddle?"

"No, sensei, we still don't know what the best way to defeat your enemy is." Flash said before they turned to go below deck.

"It is to make them your friend." Wu told them, causing them to stop and go oh. They smile before they went below deck to look at LIoyd who is still asleep. They know it's not going to be easy, but they have a feeling that they'll be good friends. Twilight overheard them and thought to herself that Wu is right. She even though that it's time to purify a young heart. She made her way to the stone statues of Cozy Glow, Tirek, and Chrysalis in a large clearing where they've been left.

Twilight then channel her magic on Cozy Glow before she separated her from the other two and set her down on the ground gently. She then concentrate as cracks on Cozy Glow starting to form before the stone spell on her was broken and Cozy Glow gasped. Cozy then looked up to see Twilight infront of her with a small smile on her face. "P-princess Twilight? What's going on?" She asked.

"Cozy Glow, with everything you had done was unforgivable. But I always thought that you never deserve this." Twilight told her. "I know that you were an orphan before Tirek found you. But had always been a bad influence. So before I came here, I went to Ponyville City Hall and fill out some papers." Twilight then reached in her saddlebag and pull out adoption papers. "Cozy Glow, will you take the second chance and being part of the family?" Cozy Glow was speechless when she saw the adoption papers before looking at Twilight and began to cry. Cozy then leap into Twilight's hooves and hug her tight.

"I will! I will! Thank you so much." Cozy cried into Twilight's chest as Twilight hugged her back.

"Come on. Let's head home and get some sleep." Twilight told her as she place Cozy on her back. "And tomorrow I would like to introduce you to a new friend." After putting the papers back in her saddlebag, the two then flew back to Canterlot Castle.

Chapter 5: Can of Worms

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Chapter 6: The Snake King

Author's Note

Now they'll be wearing the ZX ninja gis but Flash's zx gi will look like this, but yellow with sliver armor.

And Gaia's will look like this with gold armor:

Chapter 6: The Snake King

The sun rays beats down in the middle of the desert as we find both Pythor and Scales digging a massive hole. Scales slithers up some boards out of the hole with a bucket full of sand before he pours it onto a pile all while Pythor continues to dig for something. "We're wasting our time, Pythor." Scales said as he slithers back down. "There's nothing here but sand and dust."

"Keep digging." Pythor told him as he scooped up some sand. "The Lost City of Ouroboros is under us. I know it."

"Oh, face it, your first attempt to unite the tribes failed, and now that you have lost your flock, you become desssperate." Scales told Pythor as he picks up a shovel.

"I am desperate, my disloyal number two, but only to bring our kind together so that we can unleash the Great Devourer." Pythor said.

"You put too much faith in legends." Scales told him. "Besides, all the Serpentine know is to be at war with one another." Pythor then thrust his shovel down and he hit something. He felt it, he moved the sand out of the way and smile as saw a switch of some kind as he chuckled.

"Scales, I believe we've found it." Pythor told him before he flipped the switch. They then heard rumbling as the sand started to sink into the ground revealing a spiral around them on the ground, a few buildings being shown as the sand began to sink and that you found themselves in one look to be an arena with one giant snake statue in front of them. "I present to you the city formerly known as the Lost City of Ouroboros."

As the Destiny's Bounty flies through the skies, Twilight, Rarity, and Cozy Glow appeared on Deck in a proof, for Twilight had teleported them aboard. "Thanks so much, Twilight. It's hard to get to Wu and the others when their ship keeps flying." Rarity said as she has a box on her back.

"It's no problem, Rarity." Twilight said. "But I have to ask, what's in the box?"

"Just a little surprised I have for my pupils." Wu answered as the three jump when he surprised them. "Come, they're all in the dining room."

"First, I'll stomp on his tail." Lloyd told the others as they sat at the dinner table just when Wu, Twilight, Rarity, and Cozy Glow came in. "Then when he turns, a thunder clap to his ears. Then when he's stunned, I'll disarm him."

"Too late, he's already hypnotized you and now you're under his control." Landrush spoke up.

"Or he's already put you in a squeeze." Frost said.

"Or he bit you and now you're slowly becoming one of them." Gaia said.

"Or spit on you with his hallucinatory venom." Trail said. "Trust me, bad stuff." He shook his head at the thought.

"Ah, Uncle, what's the best way to stun a Serpentine if you don't know what kind they are?" Lloyd asked as Wu sat down.

"Sadly, it was the sacred flute you six carelessly lost." Wu scolded them.

"Hey, no, no, no, we didn't lose it." Thunder said. ""Pythor stole it."

"Whatever the case, without it I fear we have nothing to combat their powers." Wu said as he poured his tea. "We may have prevented them from uniting in the past, but they will try again, and one day they will be stronger."

"Don't worry. I've almost reached my full potential and when I become the Light Ninja, we're not going to need any magic flute." Landrush bragged.

"You're gonna be the Light Ninja?" Trill asked as he laughed sarcastically. "Don't make me laugh."

"I thought it was decided that I was destined to become the Light Ninja." Frost said.

"Oh! The only thing decided about you, Frost, is that you're weird." Thunder told him before all but Flash started arguing about who's going to be Light Ninja.

"Are they still on about this "Light Ninja"?" Cozy Glow asked.

"I know right? It's kind of ridiculous." Flash said while he holds the serpentine egg.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Lloyd said as walked over to Rarity. "What's in the box?"

"Oh nothing much, just your new uniforms!" Rarity told them as she opened the box with her magic and showed them six other boxes with each other elemental emblems on them. When they heard her, they stopped arguing and took a box with their elemental emblem.

"Whoa! They've got like armor." Thunder said excitedly as he looked as his.

"I love the gold highlights." Trail said when he picked up his.

"Battle claws." Landrush said.

"The material is really light and breathable." Frost said.

"I have worked hard on them, and I had some help with the armor." Rarity told them.

"Oh. Nothing for me?" Lloyd asked after he looked in the box.

"Oh, um, I didn't enough material for you. But I will come up with something for you." Rarity told him with a nervous smile. "In the meantime, you get, uh, the box?" The alarm then went off at that moment and they quickly rushed to the bridge. Landrush went up to a computer to see what sound the alarm.

"Sorry to break up the moment, but a small faction of our slithering friends are stirring up trouble over at Mega Monster Amusement Park." Landrush said as the monitor showed them a few Serpentine chasing a few ponies.

"Amusement park?! Can I go?!" Lloyd asked excitedly. "Can I go with you, please? Let me make things up. I can help."

"I'm sorry, nephew." Wu said. "You will stay here, where it's safe."

"Aw, ninja get all the fun." Lloyd complained.

"What do you say, guys? Time to try out the new merchandise?" Thunder asked as they were excited to try out their new uniforms.

"Hey Twilight, could you watch over the egg till I get back?" Flash asked.

"Sure thing, Flash." Twilight respon. They soon flew over the amusement park and the six were already on deck, wearing their new ninja suits.

"This new stuff feels like it'll really protect us." Landrush said as looked over his suit.

"Yet provides more mobility." Frost said.

"You want to strut on the catwalk or get down to that park so we can go on some rides?" Gaia asked.

"I love a roller coaster, but nothing beats this." Trail said before the each leaped off the Bounty and summon their vehicles as they fell towards the amusement park below. When they were close, their vehicles vanished in a flash of light and the ninjas flipped off a small building before landing on the ground and did cool poses.

"Ha! Check that out. And not a scratch on me." Landrush said before they approached a crowd of ponies that are cheering.

"Ha ha! Ladies, relax, relax, we have arrived." Thunder told some mares in the crowd. But as they parted through the crowd, they find the Serpentine have been tied up.

"Uh, what just happened?" Gaia asked when they saw the tied up snakes.

"Oh, you totally missed it." A velvet red mare told him. "There were like icky snakes, and then this mysterious Samurai came in and saved everypony."

"He was, like, gorgeous." A yellow unicorn mare said.

"You saw his face?" Trail asked.

"No, but we can totally tell." The velvet red mare said as Aqua walked over to the two mares with two ice cream cones for them.

"Aqua, you're here." Thunder said when he saw her.

"Yeah, you just missed all the action." Aqua told them. "He just flew in, took care of business, and then flew off. It was pretty cool."

"I don't wanna be a ninja. I wanna be a samurai." They heard a colt telling his friends.

"The samurai is my new hero." A stallion said.

"I bet the samurai could kick the ninjas butts." Another stallion said.

"Ugh, who is this guy?" Flash asked.

"Whoever he is, he's stealing our thunder." Landrush complained.

"And we just got these cool new ninja suits." Thunder said. "Argh! I'm gonna say it, I hate Samurai."

"Do I hear a hint of jealousy?" Wu asked asking approached them while he has cotton candy. "Maybe this can be a lesson for you."

"No! Not another lesson." Thunder complained before he realized something. "Hey, how did you get down here so quickly?"

"The lesson is iron sharpens iron." Wu told them.

"I do not follow, sensei." Frost said.

"Healthy competition can help you reach your true potential faster." Wu told them as he walked by them. "Do not be jealous of the Samurai, let it inspire you. Oh, Ferris wheel!" He shouted with glee as he ran towards the ferris wheel.

"Inspire?" Thunder asked as he was confused by that lesson.

"Wait a minute. Maybe the old stallion's right." Trail said.

"You want us to compete with the samurai?" Landrush asked. "He's got all the cool gadgets, we don't stand a chance."

"No, not with him. With us." Trail explained. "I say we turn this into our own competition. "Whichever of us is skilled enough to catch this mysterious Samurai is probably the best of the bunch." He said as draw out his sword.

"So whoever learns the identity of this Samurai is the one who will become the destined Light Ninja." Thunder said before he pulled out his nunchucks. "Ha! I love it."

"I would try to talk to you guys out of it, but I feel like I'm voted." Flash said as he pulled out his bo. "So count me in."

"Then it's a bet." Landrush said. "May the Light Ninja win."

"NINJA, GO!" All six shouted.

Back on the Destiny's Bounty in the bridge room, the alarm was wailing like crazy as Aqua checked the monitor. "Multiple snake sightings! They're everywhere!" She said before each ninja took a different location.

Frost headed up in the mountains on his bike to Yakyakistan, where the Serpentine were attacking the yaks. When he arrived, he found the Samurai had beaten to him and have captured the snakes before him. The Samurai laughed before he took off.

"Metal menace!" Frost shouted as he threw a snowball.

In a forest, three Constrictai approached Trail as he took a battle stance and ready to fight.

"Go, ninja, go!" Three mares cheered as they watch. Just then, the Samurai scooped up the three Constrictai in a metal net. "Oh, Samurai, oh!" The three mares blushed over the Samurai.

"NINJA, GO!" Trail shouted as he did Spinjitzu and spun his way over to the Samurai. The Samurai however, launched a net and caught him in it. "Aah! Hey, what's going on?"

By the entrance of a diamond mine, the serpentine charged at the Samurai. The Samurai used his mech to swing its sword and knocked them back. Landrush jumped on an edge of a cliff behind the Samurai.

"Now I've got you. Unh! Ha ha!" Landrush shouted as he jumped on the mech's arm, only for the arm to launch like a rocket and send Landrush flying into the wall.

Near the outskirts of Ponyville, the Samurai was pushing back a few Serpentine when Flash ran around the mech's legs with chains and tied it up.

"Ha! Try and get out of that!" Flash told the Samurai before the mech fires chains from its shoulder cannon which wrapped around Flash. It then broke the chains around its legs before taking off. "Huh, I should have seen that coming."

At the beach near Mount Aris, Gaia had a few Serpentine cornered before the Samurai appeared and launched a net at the Serpentine and pinned them to a wall.

"You're mine now!" Gaia shouted as charge at him before he launched another net at her and pinned her to the ground.

Thunder was wearing a pink dress and a blonde wig as he laid down on train tracks with a train coming.

"Help! Samurai, where are you? Oh!" Thunder shouted as he acted like a damsel in distress. The Samurai landed next to him, holding some train tracks before he placed each track down and redirected the train around and away from Thunder. "Ugh! Stupid Samurai!" He shouted as the Samurai took off.

Trail on his bike stops in front of an arcade and let Lloyd off. "Okay, I know it's my turn to look after you, but just play a few games and stay put while I look around." He then gives Lloyd some bits. "I have a feeling the Samurai may show up."

"Oh, let me help." Lloyd asked.

"No." Trail quickly responded.

"Come on. At least drop me off at a decent arcade." Lloyd said.

"Sorry, shorty." Trail told him before he drove off.

"Trail, wait!" Lloyd called out, but he was gone. He turned to enter the arcade before he heard some voices down an alley.

"I heard he found it." Scales told some Serpentine. "And everyone is gathering again."

"Impossible." A Fangpyre said. "The Lost City does not exist."

"Well, it isn't lost anymore. Ha ha. And I hear there's gonna be a fight." Scales told them.

"A fight? Count me in." A Venomari said. Lloyd listened in on their conversation and knew he had to do something. He watched as they were getting on a serpent bus, and felt like that it will take them to this "Lost City."

"All a board. Next ssstop, Ouroborossss." Scales announced. Lloyd walked back to the arcade and saw a snake costume in the shop's window. That's when he got a little crazy idea. Sounds of maracas rattling as Lloyd bought the costume and makes his way to the serpent bus. After a Constrictai got on, Lloyd was next. "Hey, you, hold it there." Scales told Lloyd, which means Lloyd worried. "Last one in closes the door."

"Uh, sssure thing." Lloyd said as he is relieved the disguised works. Lloyd close the door before the serpent bus took off. The bus was going a long way as it became nightfall and after a few more miles, Lloyd looked out the window and sees a snake statue as the bus reach its destination, The Lost City of Ouroboros. At the center of the city, all the Serpentine have gathered in the stadium for this big fight. Lloyd sits among the Serpentine as they waited for the fight to begin.

"Just do as I've said, and I promise you will be my second in command, forever." Pythor whispered to Scales before they both put on ear plugs. "I bring you together to the Lost City of Ouroboros, before the statue of our very own Great Devourer, to speak of unity!" He announced to all Serpentine.

"Where are the fights?!" One Serpentine asked.

"Where is the big show?!" Another shouted.

"Slither Pit! Slither Pit! Slither Pit!" They all chanted, wanting for the fight. Pythor growled before he jumped to the center of the stadium.

"You want a show?! You want to see a fight?!" Pythor shouted. "I asked for your allegiance but you will not give it! So I will take it!" The other four Serpentine Generals stood in front of him.

"What are you saying?!" The Fangpyre General asked.

"I challenge the four tribe generals for their staffs and their allegiance! At once!" Pythor challenged as all the other Serpentine cheered.

"I fought hard for this staff and will not give it up easily." The Venomari General said as he and the other three generals approached Pythor.

"There's no way he can defeat the four of us at once." The Constrictai General said as he he swung his staff at Pythor and missed. Other than swung his tail at him and spun him around before he ducked under the Venomari General's attack and punched him in the face. The Fangpyre General try to attack, but Pythor swung his tail and knocked him back before the three generals dog piled on him. Scales then gave Pythor the Sacred Flute he stole before Pythor began to play it.

"Oh. He's using the Sacred Flute against his own." Lloyd whispered as the generals yelled out in pain as they held their heads. Scales pretended to be in pain as to not draw suspicion.

"My ears!" The Constrictai General shouted in pain.

"It hurts!" The Venomari General complained. Pythor shot a look at Scales and he dropped his staff willingly. Pythor then knocked down the other three and took their staffs.

"Bow to your master." Pythor told the generals. "Bow to your master, Serpentine!" He shouted as the generals bow down to him before each Serpentine in the stadium bow down to him as well. As Lloyd bow his head, the hat of his costume slipped down and when he went to fix it, he dropped the to maracas and they fell into the stadium. Pythor saw this and just when Lloyd was about to leave, a Serpentine grabbed him before he could.

"Where do you think you're going?" The Hypnobrai that grabbed him asked as Lloyd's costume fell and he was exposed.

"Lloyd?!" Pythor growled as Lloyd gulp in fear.

The next day on the Destiny's Bounty, the ninjas have gathered in the dining room for some lunch. "Trying to find out the Samurai's identity is more of a nuisance than the snakes." Landrush complained. "Any luck with you?" He asked Thunder.

"The guy's elusive. He's like a ghost." Thunder complained. "One moment he's there, the next he's gone."

"I am starting to believe we might never catch him." Frost said.

"I think it's safe to say, none of us are closer to proving we're the Light Ninja." Trail said just as Wu walked in.

"Looks like iron is sharpening iron." Wu said. "I feel you getting closer to your true potential." He told as he squeezed Landrush's hoof before he notice that Lloyd isn't here. "Where is my nephew?" He asked Trail. "I thought you were looking after him."

"I thought Landrush was gonna pick him up." Trail said.

"I went to the arcade, but he wasn't there." Landrush explained. "Thunder was--"

"Don't bring me into this." Thunder quickly said. "I foalsat yesterday."

"Don't even look at me." Gaia said. "I haven't seen him either."

"Sensei, we have not seen him." Frost said.

"We must find the boy." Wu told them. The ninjas soon drove to the same arcade where Trail left Lloyd.

"Lloyd? Lloyd?" Trail called out as he opened the door to the arcade. "He was right here. Somepony must have seen him." Flash looked around till he saw a camera up on a pole.

"Hey, guys. Check this out." Flash said when he saw the camera. They soon went into the arcane's monitor room and checked the footage.

"Wait, wait, there's the pipsqueak." Thunder pointing out when he saw Lloyd on the monitor. "Play that back." They rewind the footage before resuming it and watched as Lloyd went into the store then came out with the serpentine costume before going down an alley. "What is he up to?" They soon went down the same alley and sees some hoofprints.

"I sense these are Lloyd's hoofprints, but they come to an end here. Why?" Frost wondered.

"Something tells me we're going for a ride." Flash said when he noticed some tire tracks. "Come on, team." They each summon their Spinjitzu vehicles as they followed the tire tracks out into the desert. They followed the trucks for miles before they see the Lost City of Ouroboros up ahead.

"What is that place?" Landrush asked over the comms when they saw the city.

"Looks like snake city." Thunder said.

"Let's get a closer look." Flash told the others as they drove to the city. They soon traveled in shadows as not to be seen by few Serpentine guards. They soon made their way to the stadium where they can hear multiple Serpentine cheering. They hide behind a large snake statue as they looked around.

"It appears Pythor has successfully united all of the tribes." Frost told the others.

"I know we ruined their last get-together, but that's no reason to not get an invitation. My feelings are hurt." Gaia joked.

"There's Lloyd." Trail said as he pointed to where he is. Lloyd is locked in a cage next to the large statue of the Great Devourer.

"Whoa. And look at who they worship." Thunder said as he pointed to the large statue.

"Let me guess: the Great Devourer." Landrush said.

"All the more reason to get Lloyd out of here." Flash told them as he reached for his bo. "This comes to an end today." They each draw out their weapons then charging to Lloyd before a change fell down on them and they dropped their weapons outside the cage. All the Serpentine gasp when they saw them trapped.

"Ah! The ninja." Lloyd said when he saw his friends get captured. As the ninjas recover from slamming against the cage, Pythor stood in front of their weapons where they dropped them.

"It looks like we've caught the main event." Pythor said with a smirk. All the Serpentine cheered as the ninjas were surrounded by guards and brought to the center of the arena. They notice a steel gate and they can hear rattling chains behind it.

"Main event? What do you think he meant by main event?" Thunder asked, sounding worried.

"I have a feeling we're the main event." Flash theorized.

"Or the main course." Landrush said.

"Flash, you may be right." Frost said. "Things really may come to an end today."

"Uh, don't worry." Thunder said nervously. "The Samurai could still come around to save us."

"You say you wanted a battle, and I give you one!" Pythor announced in front of the Great Devourer statue. "I give you ninja versus samurai!" The gates opened and the samurai in his mech with chains wrapped around the arms walked out. The Serpentine guards that's around it the ninjas soon left the arena well four other unchained the mech before rushing out.

"What?! We have to fight the Samurai?!" Thunder shouted. "But we don't even have our Golden Weapons and he has that hulking thing of armor! It's not fair!"

"I want to see once and for all who is the greatest hero!" Pythor announced. "Is it Samurai or Ninja?! Only the victor will be allowed to leave!"

"Stay together." Trail told the others.

"Perhaps he can join our team to fight our way out?" Frost suggested. "After all, he hates the Serpentine too." The mech then threw a large shuriken at them and they quickly jumped out of the way to dodge it.

"Scratch that. He is not on our team." Gaia said as she stood up. They quickly jumped over the mech try to swipe at them when it charged at them. It stumbled forward before it threw another shuriken at them. Thunder ducked under it as the others jumped out of the way.

"Ha ha, missed me!" Thunder bragged before the sure can came around and hit him in the back of the head. The ninjas regrouped as all the Serpentine cheered at this fight. The Samurai mech then draw out a sword and slammed it at them, but they quickly dove out of the way. Flash, Trail, and Thunder ducked when it swung it sword at them while Gaia, Frost, and Landrush jumped over it and to the others.

"Tornado of Creation?" Frost suggested. They each prepared to do the whip.

"Earth!" Landrush shouted as he did Spinjitzu.

"Wind!" Flash called out as he did Spinjitzu.

"Fire!" Trail called out his element as he did Spinjitzu.

"Life!" Gaia did Spinjitzu after calling out her element.

"Ice!" Frost shouted before he did Spinjitzu.

"Lightning!" Thunder shouted before he did Spinjitzu.

"NINJA, GO!" All six shouted as each of their Spinjitzus combined into the Tornado of Creation. The Samurai stepped back as the tornado started to gather a few things around the area. It's starting to suck up every weapon around, including the Samurai's sword. When it vanished, the ninjas created a giant slingshot with a giant spike ball. They pulled the ball back a few feet before they launched it and knocked the samurai back. They then charged at Pythor before he pulled a lever and spikes shut up to block their path.

"Argh! Why can't anypony play fair?" Thunder complained as Pythor smiled before he pulled another lever and the arena started to tip over. The ninjas lost their balance as they fell back but held on to few the spikes as to not fall into the pit. The Samurai mech grabbed on to some spikes as well.

"Can this get any worse?" Gaia asked.

"We must continue to make it appear that we are fighting for real." The Samurai told them.

"Huh? We're not fighting for real? Thunder asked the Samurai.

"Have you been pretending this whole time?" Flash asked.

"Keep up the charade and hold on to my exo-suit." The Samurai told them and they did just that before the rocket boosters on its back when off. The mech took flight but it was being weighed down as the engine sputtered.

"There's too much weight!" Trail shouted before the Samurai jumped out of his mech and let them take off.

"I can't believe he just saved us." Landrush said.

"He stole our thunder again!" Trail shouted.

"Ah! I hate that Samurai!" Thunder shouted as the mech flew as all the Serpentine watched it fly away.

"Go, ninja, go!" Lloyd shouted as the Samurai landed infront of two Serpentine in the stadium's seats and punch them in the face. He then jumped down and made his way over to Pythor. Pythor took Lloyd out of his cage and used him as a hostage.

"Get him!" Pythor order before a bunch of Serpentine surrounded the Samurai. The Samurai then pressed a button on his hoof to activate something.

"Magnetizer activated." The Samurai said as the magnetizer hit the Golden Weapons and they flew towards him. He then wrap the golden weapons in a cloth when they came close before he threw a blade at the same lever python use to tip the arena. As the snakes toppled down, the Samurai used a jetpack to fly up on top the statue of The Great Devourer. As Pythor growled, the samurai gave about to his own performance before he took off on his jetpack. Meanwhile the ninja were having a hard time with the Samurai's mech as it was flying out of control.

"How do you turn this thing off?!" Flash shouted before the mech did a nose dive right in the middle of the desert and crash landed. The ninjas got up and recovered from that crash before Thunder notice one of them was missing.

"Where's Trail?!" Thunder called out. Not too far from them, Trail had his head stuck in the ground before he pulled it out and removed his hood. He then got up and noticed that he was alone.

"Guys?!" Trail called out before he noticed the Samurai flying ahead. "Huh? The Samurai?" The samurai took notice of his jetpack is sputtering as it was out of fuel before he crash landed. Trail saw him crash not to far, so he decided to see if he was all right.

"Testing. Testing?" The Samurai said as his helmet was not on right and a bit of buzzing was heard. "One, two..." He then took off his helmet just when Trail hid behind a rock and see him. When he took off the helmet, Trail can see his mane was a familiar black and the coat was a familiar ocean blue.

"Aqua?" Trail asked as he approached the samurai. The samurai heard him and quickly but the helmet back on before turning around.

"Steer clear, ninja! Don't look..." He, or she, knew it's over so she took off her helmet and revealed it was Aqua. "...at me."

"I don't understand. You're the Samurai?" Trail asked his sister.

"It was always a ninja's club." Aqua told him. "You never let me try to help. So I found my own way to be hero. Are you mad?"

"Mad? Of course not." Trail said. "It's just, all this time, I've been trying to protect you and you've never needed it. You're amazing."

"Mare power." Aqua said as she hit Trail's hoof. "You're not gonna tell the others, are you?"

"But we have a bet. We said whoever caught the Samurai would be the Light--" Trail stopped when he saw the pleading look on Aqua's face before he gave a sigh. "Of course I won't say anything. How did you make all the stuff?" He asked as he pointed to the jetpack in our back.

"You'd being surprised how much spare time I have waiting for you guys to come back from your missions." Aqua told him before she hands him the Golden Weapons. "You better head back before anypony gets suspicious. We'll have to rescue Lloyd another day."

"Aqua, whenever I get in trouble, the other five always have my back." Trail told her. "But you... Just be careful, will you?"

"Promise." Aqua said with a nod.

"But how are you gonna get back?" Trail asked.

"I have my ways." Aqua said as she pressed a button on her bracelet. Back of the others, they continue to search for Trail.

"Trail!?" Flash called out.

"Trail, where are you?!" Gaia shouted in all five unaware that the mech was getting up from the ground. When they heard beeping coming from it they turn to see it but to leave.

"Quick! Get it! It's gonna get away!" Thunder told the others as they race over to the mech, but it took off before they could get close. "Great. Now we lost Trail, the samurai suit is gone, and we have no way to get home." Landrush turned to see something.

"I wouldn't say that." Landrush told him as he pointed at Trail that came over hill, with the Golden Weapons.

Nightfalls at the Destiny's Bounty soaring through the skies and the ninjas were in the bathroom brushing their teeth. "He was all mysterious, never said a word." Trail told them. "Then handed me the Golden Weapons and poof, he was gone."

"Poof? He just poofed?" Landrush asked.

"Whoa, whoa, whos. Wait a minute, Trail." Thunder spoke up. "If the samurai had his hooves on those powerful weapons in the whole wide world, why would he just give them back to you?" He asked as Aqua walked by.

"Um, I don't know. Maybe she--" Aqua quickly gestured to "knock it off quickly" to Trail. "I mean, he's not so bad after all. All I do know is that we owe him our lives, and maybe he had made us all a little better."

"I sense this means the bed is off." Frost said.

"Good, because I'm kind of getting tired of getting wrapped up in that guy's chains." Gaia told them.

"More importantly, my nephew has found his way into the den of all snakes." Wu told them. "I fear there may be no way of rescuing him now."

"Sensei, there's always a way." Flash told Wu.

"And don't worry. We'll find it." Landrush said as Wu gave a small smile before you left the room. He then saw Aqua down the hall, about to enter her room, and walked up to her.

"I think you forgot this." Wu said as he pulled out one of her samurai blades and gives it back. "Iron sharpens iron, and sibling sharpens sibling." Aqua smile before she entered her room.

Chapter 7: Tick Tock

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Chapter 8: Once Bitten, Twice Shy

The ninjas and the main six returned after their journey following the falcon and Aqua was really surprised that Frost was a robot, or a Nindroid as Thunder put it. They also told her that Frost has unlocked his true potential. After a few days, the team were on the Destiny's Bounty in the bridge as there was tart over something on the table. Aqua pulled it back and showed them it was a skeleton of a Fangpyre.

"Some villagers unearthed the remains of this Fangpyre a few miles away." Aqua told them. "It predates the Golden Age, and must be hundreds of years old. Although the venom in the fangs of the Fangpyre genetically mutate any creature's cells into reptilian, I've learned there could be a way to stop the effects without having to create an antivenin." Trail was leaning back in his chair, Frost, his falcon, Flash, and Gaia were paying attention to her, Landrush was busy drawing himself, and Thunder did his mane up and looked at her with bedroom eyes and a goofy smile. "If one is able to wildly raise their heart rate, hypothetically it could reverse the venom's effects." Aqua's cheeks were turning pink a little. "Resulting in... diminished, uh-- Excuse me, is somepony wearing perfume? I'm severely allergic to perfume."

"Heh. You told me it was stallion's cologne." Thunder whispered to Trail.

"Eh, I get them mixed up," Trail joked and the others laughed, including Frost. After, Frost opened his front panel and turned his humor switch off.

"Ah, looks like class is over." Landrush said as they all closed their books. "Time to start stomping some Serpentine before they find any Fangblades."

"Sounds like a plan." Trail said.

"I'm excited to join." Frost said.

"Can't wait." Gaia said.

"I'll see what Twilight has found on them so far." Flash told the others as they left the bridge. Thunder stay behind and looked at Aqua. When the others were gone, he build up the courage and walked over to her.

"Uh, hey, Aqua, I'm sorry." Thunder spoke. "The reason I was-- You know-- I went to Trail because-- Look, what I'm trying to say is--"

"I know. It's just a cruel joke." Aqua said. "I should be fine. Please, go fight snakes."

"No, no, no. I was trying to impress you." Thunder explained. "Before sensei left, he said our hearts was the key to unlocking our true potential."

"Impress me?" Aqua asked. "But I look so..."

"Fantastic." Thunder told her and made her blush. "Look, maybe, if you'll let me, I can take you to some big fancy restaurant. You don't have to, if you don't want to..."

"You mean like a date?" Aqua asked.

"Um, yeah?" Thunder answered sheepishly.

"Sure! I'd love to." Aqua told him. "But I need to go now before the perfume toxins enter my bloodstream and I go into shock. See you tonight." When she left the room, Thunder celebrated.

"Yes! Ha ha!" He shouted as he danced about until he pricked his hoof on the skeletons' fang. "Ouch! Aah! Man." He shook his hoof and thought it was no harm before he left the room. As he danced his way out of the room, a small drop of the venom fell from the fang at the skeleton. A small fly went down and drink the Venom before it affected it and turned it into a snake hybrid.

Meanwhile in the realm where Sensei Wu, Celestia, and Luna had to travel to, Lord Garmadon had his back to them. "Hello, brother," Garmadon spoke. "What took you so long? You brought the katana from our youth... along with our lovely sisters. Funny, you never had the courage to cross the temple wall, yet now you have the courage to come here." Wu had drawn the katana out. "And Tia, Lulu, my how you've changed since we last met."

"What has become of you, big brother?" Celestia asked.

"And why have you come to this place of darkness?" Luna asked.

"A place as wicked as me?" Garmadon asked them. "Don't you see? Here I feel at home. Back in Equestria, I was physically unable to hold all six Spinjitzu weapons. But here, dark magic has made me stronger, and what was once impossible is now possible." He threw off the cloak he wore and turn to them. They were shocked to see he had become an alicorn as tall as Celestia, with four front hooves and two dragon-like wings.

"You came here only to possessed the weapons of Spinjitzu?" Wu asked.

"Yes, brother, and I refuse to allow you three or your petty ninja to stop me!" Garmadon told them as he conjured up his magic and he held out his four front arms and four weapons appeared in them, and two other weapons were held in his wing claws. He then charged at the three before they charged at him. Wu slide on the ground as Garmadon swung two of the weapons at him while Luna and Celestia flew over his attack. Garmadon turned as Celestia conjured up a sword made of flames and Luna conjure to swords with their magic and all four clashed weapons. Garmadon was getting frustrated as he locked all six weapons with theirs before he pushed them down the hill.

All three of them roll down the hill till they landed in some mud. Garmadon jumped down as they jumped up from the mud. Sensei Wu then did Spinjitzu and fling some mud at Garmadon allowing Celestia and Luna to wrap magical chains around him. As Wu continue to spin and the two sisters hold him in place, Garmadon's horn lit up has he summoned three mud monsters. The three monsters approached Sensei Wu, Celestia, and Luna as Garmadon grinned. Sensei Wu did Spinjitzu at one of them while the two sisters blast two of them back, but it wasn't enough to keep them down. "Brother, we've not come here to--" Wu trying to explain before one of the mud monsters knocked him down.

"Please, just listen to us!" Celestia pleaded as Garmadon broke free from the chains.

"You will pay for your visit." Garmadon told them. "Mud monsters, converge!" All three mud monsters then approached the Sensei Wu, Celestia, and Luna before the merge together with them inside. "None of you belong here, you fools. You should've known better than to try to stop me." He told them as they struggled to get free.

"We didn't come to stop you!" Luna shouted before she was submerged in the mud.

"We came to warn you!" Celestia told him before she was submerged.

"To tell you--" Wu try to say before the mud submerged him too. Garmadon wondered what he was trying to say before Wu's head popped out of the mud. "Your son is in danger! Aah!" He told before the mud covered him again.

"Lloyd?" Garmadon asked in a worried tone before he ran over to the mud monsters and pulled the three out. All three of them coughed from the lack of oxygen before they looked at Garmadon. "What has Lloyd gotten himself into?"

"He has opened a can of worms I fear the three of us will never be able to close." Wu told him.

"You mean, the four of us will never be able to close. Get up. You can tell me more later," Garmadon said as he helped the three up. "First, we need to return home. How did you find me?"

"Traveler's tea." Celestia answered. "But we used it all and now we have no way back."

"There is only one way to return to Equestria." Garmadon told them. "But to get there we must pass through the Mountain of Madness and it is a long dangerous road ahead."

"We wouldn't have it any other way." Luna said.

"We should leave, before it really gets dark." Garmadon told them before they set out to the Mountain of Madness.

Back in Equestria, the ground began to rumble as the Serpentine burst from the ground via Constrictai. Pythor, Scales, and a few other Serpentine emerged from the ground. "Thisss is it, Pythor." Scales told him as he looked at the map. "The map leads up here. The first Fangblade." He pointed to Mega Monster amusement park. "Maybe it's better to wait until dark, so we don't attract any unwanted attention from the ninja or Samurai."

"Oh, I have a feeling we'll fit right in." Pythor said before the marched right over to the theme park. Inside, ponies of all ages we're having fun. Especially with the monster theme as some of the workers were in monster costumes. The Serpentine slithered their way in and nopony seems scared of them, as they assumed they were just costumes, until a couple and a colt ran up to Pythor and Scales.

"Exuse me. Would you mind if my family takes a picture with you?" The staillon asked Pythor.

"Your costume is so authentic." The mare complimented.

"Of course. Welcome to-- To, uh..." Pythor looked around until he saw the sign of the amusement park. "Mega Monster amusement park!" The family gathered around Pythor as Scales holds the camera.

"Say cheesssssse." Scales told them.

"Cheese!" All four of them said as Scales took the picture and the flash from the camera made Pythor irritated.

Back on the Destiny's Bounty, Thunder was in their room getting ready for his date as he was looking in the mirror wearing a tuxedo. "Did I ever tell you I was the first one to learn Spinjitzu?" He told his reflection as he was practicing what to say in a suave way. "No. I mean, uh, I invented Spinjitzu. Yeah, that's it. And I invented a few other moves, light the karate double chop. Hyah hyah!" After doing a couple of air chops, he noticed his hoof was turning green with some snake scales. "No! No, no, no. The prick from the Fangpyre fang! Oh, no, this isn't happening. No, it's nothing." He told himself. "It's just a rash, it'll probably just go away. You're gonna do great, Thunder. This is your chance to shine. Heh heh."

Thunder then slide into the bridge where the others are, wearing gloves and a scarf. He then walked with some swagger with a smug smile on his face. "Whoa, where are you going, Mr. Fancy?" Landrush asked when Thunder walked by.

"Didn't you hear?" Thunder asked him. "I'm taking Aqua to a nice restaurant. A really nice restaurant."

"You might wanna change your plans." Flash told Thunder. "The bridge just picked up evidence of Serpentine activity over at Mega Monster amusement park." He said as the monitor showed them an image of Pythor and the Serpentine there.

"Hey, that's Pythor!" Thunder pointed out.

"Pythor would not be there for fun." Frost spoke up. "We believe a Fangblade maybe buried underneath the park."

"We can let them get it!" Gaia side. "Let's go there and get it first!"

"Oh, but my date..." Thunder complained.

"Thunder, if they get all four of them, Pythor can unleash the Great Devourer." Trail reminded him. "Can your priorities straight, man." Thunder had a sad look as he knew he was right and Gaia felt sorry for him.

"Or you can take Aqua to the restaurant that's in Mega Monster amusement park." Gaia told him. "We'll go stop Pythor and if we need you, we'll call." That made Thunder smile bright. Meanwhile, Aqua in her samurai armor flew back to the bounty on her jetpack and to her room. Once inside, she removed the jetpack and heard a knock on the door.

"Uh, Aqua, you there?" She heard Thunder's voice from the other side of the door. Just when he was about to open it, she quickly closed it on him as to not let him see her as the Samurai. "Argh!"

"Don't come in!" Aqua shouted. "I'm getting ready."

"Well, um--" Thunder said behind the door as Aqua struggle to take off her armor. "I wanna talk to you about our date." He told her as she removed her helmet. She then got the weapons that are scattered around her room and duct them in a wardrobe. Her bracelet then beeped on her mirror stand. "I'm hearing really bad reviews for the restaurant and I just..." Her bracelet then showed a hologram map of Equestria and the location of serpentine activity.

"Serpentine spotted at Mega Monster Amusement Park?" Aqua whispered.

"I think we should cancel." Thunder said before she opened the door.

"Oh. You're canceling?" Aqua asked.

"No, no, I just wanted to know if you would rather go to the Mega Monster amusement park instead?" Thunder asked.

"Really? That would be perfect!" Aqua told him. "But aren't you overdressed?" She then saw her Samurai helmet next to her and panicked a little.

"Well, yeah." Thunder said. "Of course I need to change..." Aqua kicked her helmet into her wardrobe and it made a sound. "What was that?"

"Nothing!" Aqua shouted. "You know what, I'll dress up too. Looks fun!" She walked behind some blinds and started to dress up.

"Hey, I was thinking, you know, we'd take my Storm Glider there." Thunder told her.

"Sounds like fun." Aqua said before came around and Thunder's jaw dropped when he saw her wear any beautiful red dress. "I'm in your hooves." She picked up her saddle bag before going over to a wardrobe and her helmet folded in so she can put it in her bag. The two then made their way to their date.

Meanwhile in the dark realm, Sensei Wu, Garmadon, and the two sisters continued their way to the Mountain of Madness. "So, what kind of trouble has Lloyd gotten himself into?" Garmadon ask them.

"Well, I'm afraid to say, the worst kind." Wu told him. "He's reopened the Serpentine tombs, and now that they have united, Pythor is trying to find the four silver Fangblades to unleash the Great Devourer."

"The very snake that turned me evil?" Garmadon asked.

"We're afraid so." Luna answered.

"Why would Lloyd open the tombs?" Garmadon asked.

"To be like you." Celestia told him, drapping a wing on his back.

"I never wanted him to." Garmadon said. "Thank you for watching out for him."

"Hmm. You may think of me as enemy, but we were first, family." Celestia told Garmadon.

Back in Mega Monster amusement park, Thunder and Aqua were at its restaurant for their date. "Yeah, even when I was young, it was clear I was born and bred for adventure." Thunder told Aqua. "I was the first to get my knot badge in 'Lil Scouts. I was always trying daring foods." As Aqua nodded her head, her bracelet kept on beeping. "I built these wings from scrap metal and other--" He stopped when he noticed she wasn't paying attention. "Uh, you okay? Uh, you seem kind of distant."

"Uh, yeah." Aqua said. "It's just the portions are so big. And to think we split our dish."

"So that Samurai. Oh, man." Thunder said. "I hate him, don't you? He's such a showboat, you know." Aqua kind of frowned a little since he's talking about her but he doesn't even know it. "If you ask me, he's nothing without his big, clunky exo suit."

"Oh." Aqua said with a frown.

"Yeah. Nothing can compare to good old-fashioned hoofs and fists, don't you think?" Thunder asked.

"Yeah, sure." Aqua said.

"You know, sssomepony once told me..." Thunder stop when he realized he hissed when he said somepony, like a snake. He then took a spoon and looked at the small reflection of himself to see he had snake fangs and toungue.

"You okay?" Aqua asked.

"Excussse me. I have to use the ressstroom!" Thunder told her before he raced to the restroom and close the door. He then went to the sink and splashed water on his face to cool off. But when he was done, he removed the glove on his hoof that was covered in scales. "Oh, gosssh, I'm turning into a sssnake!"

He had to hide and when the bathroom stalls before he heard a knock on the door of it. "I'm busssy, dude! Can't you sssee it'ssss taken?" he told the stallion on the other side. "I can't go out there looking like thisss." He removed the other glove, showing his other hoof covered in scales as well. "Thisss isss the worssst date ever!"

Aqua was still at their booth waiting for him to come out and wondered when was taking him so long.

Meanwhile on a ride called Ghost Train, some ponies were riding it and were not even afraid of it because of its lame decor. "Ha! Lame! This ride is stupid." A stallion said before the carts passed by Pythor and the Serpentine digging.

"Heh, look how stupid this guy looks." He points at some Venomari before they spit their venom into the passengers' eyes.

With the hallucinatory venom in their eyes, they now became frightened of the ride as it went along, the venom distorting the decorations to appear much more terrifying.

"Get me off this thing! Mommy!"

Meanwhile outside, the other ninjas had arrived. "Where is everypony?" Trail asked before they hurt screams and saw ponies running away from the Ghost Train ride.

"Wait a minute. That ride was never scary." Landrush said.

"Venomari." Frost said.

"Should we get Thunder?" Flash asked.

"Let's not bother the two love birds." Gaia told him. "I think we can handle this." The five of them then made their way into the ride.

"Excuse us, we're coming through." Flash said to the ponies running past them as they made their way in.

"Nothing to look at, folks!" Landrush told them.

"This is official ninja business." Frost stated.

"We have it under control." Trail added on.

"Please go about your day." Gaia concluded.

Meanwhile back of the restaurant, Aqua continued to wait for Thunder come out and her bracelet continues to beep. She sighed knowing that she has to go.

"Sorry, Thunder. Duty calls." Aqua send before she picked up her saddle bag and ran out of the restaurant.

"Ah, you don't look ssso bad." Thunder told himself in the mirror as his face started to grow snake scales. "Jussst go out there and tell her the truth." He then heard a rip coming from his pants and saw that he was growing a sneak tail. "I have a sssecond tailsss! No, no, it'sss okay, Thunder. Lotsss of girlsss like tailsss." He then walked out of the restroom and back to the booth, only to find Aqua gone. "Ssshe left? Aqua?"

"Snake!" Somepony shouted when they saw Thunder like he is now. The ponies in the restaurant came towards him like he was an enemy and started up beating on him with bread, spoons. or forks.

"No! Ssstop!" Thunder pleaded as they continue to beat on him. "You don't underssstand!" Meanwhile outside, Aqua went behind some buildings and pressed a button on her bracelet to transform into her exosuit Samurai armor. She then pressed a button on her bracelet again to calm down her Samurai mech. Once it landed, she hopped in and was ready to fight as the mech ran to wear the serpentine are. Speaking of which, Scales continue to dig a large hole until he hit something. Pythor looked as a used his tail to move some dirt over and saw a dagger that looked like a snake fang and made of silver, it was the first Fangblade.

"Ha ha ha! The first Fangblade is ours!" Pythor declared as he picked it up.

"I should let you know, I looked over the map and we will need keys if we are to get the next one." Scales told Pythor before Trail hold up his sword and it was set a flame to light up the room. All the serpentine that were there saw the ninjas had arrived as the five of them ready their weapons.

"Not so fast!" Trail shouted at them.

"Really? That's the best you got?" Landrush asked Trail.

"I couldn't think of anything on the fly." Trail explained.

"How about, "Time to burn"?" Flash asked.

"Or, "Jump on this fire ride"?" Gaia suggested.

"Well, next time, one of you lead." Trail told them.

"Next time we will." Landrush said.

"Oh, yeah? If you can catch up." Gaia said.

"You gotta follow my lead." Flash argued before the serpentine in front of them growled as they ready their weapons. Well the two sides faced off, another cart for the ponies came by and saw them as the ninjas charged at the serpentine. Frost threw his shurikens as the others raise their weapons. Landrushed smacked one in the face with his scythe while Trail blocked an attack from another. Flash used his bo to knock a few down while Gaia spin kicked five in the face.

"Ninjas? Ninjas aren't scary." A mare said as they went by.

"Watch and learn, my siblings." Frost told them as he closed his eyes and focused. When he opened them, they were glowing as he was using his elemental power. The serpentine backed up from this as a bright light blinded them. When the light died down, the serpentine saw that Frost accidentally froze himself and his friends. "Oops." He said within the ice as the serpentine were laughing at them. They then used this opportunity to escape while they were frozen.

When Pythor made out, a magnet yanked the blade out of his hand and into the samurai mech's claw. "Stop him!" Pythor order as the samurai try to take off but the thrusters were only puffing out smoke.

"Thruster malfunction." The samurai said before the mech made a run fort with the blade and the serpentine chase after it. The Samurai jumped over a roller coaster rail and when the serpentine jumped over it as well, one of them got hit by the roller coaster carts and went along with the ride before he was knocked off. The mech then climbed up the roller coaster as the Serpentine continue to chase it. Once on top the mech slide down the rails and was getting distance from the serpentine. It did a few tricks as it went around and the serpentine watched before it jumped off and grabbed hold of a ferris wheel.

Once the ferris wheel spin around, the samurai dropped to the ground but got surrounded by Serpentine. He ran towards a ride that was spinning in circles and jumped on it while they chased him. Once he was far enough he continued to run away from them with the blade. He didn't get far as some Constrictai Serpentine popped out of the ground in front of him and charged him. When they jumped on his mech, they beat on it until it fell to the ground. They then opened up the center and Pythor went up to the samurai inside it. "Finally, the mystery stallion is revealed." Pythor said as he removed the helmet and revealed that it was not a stallion, but the mare Aqua instead. "Or should I have said mystery mare? Who's gonna save you now, hmm?"

Back in the restaurant, Thunder crawled his way under the angry mob beating on him to the restroom and close the door behind him quickly. He quickly came out with the scarf wrapped around his head to hide his face. "Don't go in there. He bitesss." He told the crowd. "Thisss is not dinner theater, poniesss, it'sss real! Arm yourssselvessss!" He made his way through the crowd before he ran out of the restaurant. He looked behind him and saw his pony tail was shorter and the snake tail grew bigger. "Aqua! Where isss ssshe?" He asked before he saw Pythor and the serpentine with the Fangblade. "Hey!" He got their attention as he pulled out his nunchucks and swung them around. But he turned to his side that they can see his snake tail and they laughed.

"Oh, what happened? Snake bite your tongue?" Pythor joked as they continued to laugh. Thunder then charged at them before he heard a familiar voice.

"Thunder!" He stopped to see Aqua chained up and strapped into a roller coaster cart. "Help!" As she struggled to get free, Pythor knotted to a couple of serpentine to start up the ride.

"Later, alligator. Let's go, boys." Pythor order before he and the other Serpentine left the amusement park. Thunder had no choice but to go save Aqua as he ran to the cart and jumped on.

"What happened to you?" Aqua asked him.

"What happened to you?" Thunder asked her before he saw that the part of the track up ahead has been destroyed with a flaming hoop at the end. "Unh, we have to get you out of here." Aqua saw the snake tail on his back side when he tried to break the chains.

"Were you bit? Take off your head scarf." Aqua told him.

"I prefer not." Thunder said. "I wasss meaning to tell you, but I didn't want it to ruin the date."

"Oh, that's so sweet." Aqua said before try to get free again. "Hey, you are the first in your 'Lil Scouts to get your knot batch, right?"

"Yeah, about that." Thunder said with a nervous laugh. "I made that up jussst so I could impresssss you. I wasss never in 'Lil Scouts."

"You weren't? Hold on." Aqua told him.

"What? You have an idea?" Thunder asked.

"No, hold on!" Aqua shouted as they about to go down the ramp of the roller coaster. Thunder quickly got into a seat and it went down fast. So fast that his scarf flew off his head and showed off his snake face and green skin with snake scales. Thunder felt the scarf was off as Aqua looked at him.

"Aah, don't look at me. I'm a monssster!" Thunder told her as he covered his face. "Though I hate the Ssssamurai. Where isss he when you actually need him?" Aqua look the way as she knew he had to know. "Sssamurai! Help! Help! Sssamurai!"

"Thunder, I don't think the Samurai is coming." Aqua told him.

"Why?" Thunder asked.

"I know this might not be the best time, but I haven't been totally honest either." Aqua said.

"What isss it?"

"I... I'm the Samurai!" Aqua confessed to Thunder, with shocked him to the bone.

"You're the Sssamurai?!" Thunder asked as they were getting close to the end. "Aah! We're running out of track!"

"Thunder, if anything horrible were to happen, I want you to know that you don't have to wear cologne or pretend to be anything you're not." Aqua told him. "Because I like you best when you're you." She then gave him a kiss on the cheek. After which, his entire body glowed before it was returned to normal. "Your face. You're returning back to normal."

"It's just like you said. You must have raised my heart rate." Thunder told her as the end was drawing near.

"Whatever happens next, just remember, you are the best you." Aqua told him. Thunder then stood up on his back hooves as his golden nunchucks were glowing. He then felt power coursing through him as his whole body and eyes he began to glow. "What's happening?" She asked before in a flash of light, he was in his ninja suit and electricity was all over his body.

"My true potential. Thunder answered before he vanished in a flash of light and appear in front of the carts. As he floated in the air, he used his power to slow the cards down to try and stop it as he put his hooves in front of it. Ponies on the ground watched an anticipation as it was getting close to the edge, but stopped before it could thanks to Thunder. He then rested on the cart as his power went down and he was exhausted. After they found and defrosted the others, they met outside the entrance to the amusement park and all but Trail was surprised that Aqua was the mysterious Samurai.

"You really had me fooled." Frost told Aqua. "I never guessed you were the Samurai."

"Me too." Flash said. "Plus, it was nice nice of you to put the egg in an incubator before you left when we were out."

"I wish I had a sister like you." Landrush said.

"Me too. You are just amazing." Gaia told her.

"Technically, I was the first to discover her secret, and didn't we agree whoever we thought was the best when naturally be the Light Ninja?" Trail asked. "Huh? The Light Ninja! Destined ninja to defeat Lord Garmadon, huh?"

"Why when we say that?" Thunder asked.

"Yeah, I'm drawing a blank." Landrush said.

"Doesn't ring a bell." Gaia told him.

"Same here." Flash said.

"Nope. That conversation is not in my database." Frost said as Trail shook his head.

"You know what I learned today?" Thunder spoke.

"What's that?" Aqua asked.

"No matter what kind of secret you have, whether you're a snake or a samurai, it's important to be yourself." Thunder said.

"Yeah, that's cute." Gaia said. "But you wanna know what I learned? The Serpentine now have the first Fangblade."

"But we are getting stronger." Frost pointed out. "One day, we will all reach our true potential and Pythor will be stopped."

"Luckily, we overheard them saying something about a pair of keys to get to the next Fangblade." Flash said. "If we stop them for getting those, their plans will be a total disaster."

"And we figured out all this without sensei." Thunder said. "Pretty good for six ninjas." Aqua then hit his shoulder. "And a samurai."

"I wonder what sensei is doing right now." Trail said.

Back in the Madness Realm, the form mean their way to the base of the Mountain of Madness. "We're here." Garmadon told them. "The Mountain of Madness." Sensei Wu, Celestia, and Luna looked up and could see blue light coming from the top of the very tall mountain.

"The only way back to Equestria is up there?" Celestia asked Garmadon.

"The worst is yet to come." Garmadon told them.

"We made it this far, so bring it on." Luna said before they begin their climb of the mountain.

Author's Note

Now I need some help for the next two chapters. The first chapter will be about how Flash unlocked his true potential, involving Twilight Sparkle, his duty as a Ninja, the first key to the second key to the second Fangblade, and an avalanche near the Crystal Empire.

The second one will involve Gaia and her mother. When she was just a filly, she at first didn't like playing in the mud for their family was a upper class rich family. But one rainy day, she saw some fillies and colts playing in the mud and kind of felt envious of them. So she went to give it a try and she had fun. But she told her mother that a cart spilled mud over her when it drove by. Since then she's been doing non-upper class type of things and never told her mother. It's how she knows that Rarity's fancy accent is not the way she sounds.

If you all can help me with them and come up with names for the chapters, it would be great. Plus Check out my first Ninjago fanfict in it's last chapter. I put something there that I think you all will enjoy.

Chapter 9: Winds of Love

Author's Note

Special thanks to HarryBuilder for helping me write this and will help me write the next one.

Chapter 9: Winds of Love

The Destiny's Bounty has parked next to Canterlot castle as the ninjas were discussing about their next move. The main six were surprised to find out that Aqua was the samurai the entire time, but there was no time for that kind of discussion. In the bridge, the ninjas, main six but Twilight, Starlight, and Aqua had gathered. "Though they got the first one, but there are three more, and we just need one to stop Pythor," Aqua tells the group as a hologram of a Fangblade floated above them.

"But they have a map to them and we don't." Starlight reminded them. "But we do know they need two keys to get the next one."

"So we snatch one of those keys and we stop them in their tracks!" Gaia proclaimed.

Thunder moved closer to Aqua, "Ehehe, I'm still in shock by the fact that you were the mysterious Samurai," he said as Aqua smirked, "Is anypony else totally blown away like I am?"

"Oh me, me, me!" Pinkie Pie shouted as jumped around.

"Ugh, we're over that okay?! So can we please just move on to the more important things here?!" Trail grumbled.

"Simmer down there Sugarcube." Applejack told him.

Thunder smirked and said, "Oh-ho-ho, somepony's a little hot under the collar!"

Frost stepped forward, "It appears his impatience is because he has not found inner peace and unlocked his full potential like you and I have, Thunder." He smiled as Trail frowned.

"Great observation, Mr. Roboto." Trail snarked, before jerking his hoof to Landrush, Gaia and Flash, the Pegasus looking like he was in deep thought. "But Landrush, Gaia and Flash haven't found theirs either."

Flash then grinned as he turned to them, "I got it!"

Trail, Landrush and Gaia looked at him in shock. "You've already Unlocked it?!"

"No, I got an idea of where the one of keys they're looking for might be." Flash explained to them. "When I was a royal guard and station at the Crystal Empire, I noticed an odd key in the shape of a snake when I patrolled the halls."

"The Crystal Empire, hmm?" Rarity said rubbing her chin, "Well that's good since that means we may have a head start on Pythor, since the Serpentine might not have known about the Empire before it was banished."

"But if the first Key is at the Empire then where's the second one?" Rainbow asked before Gaia coughed and twiddled her hooves nervously.

"Um, I might know where it is," She admitted as they all looked her expectantly, "But let's focus on getting the key at the Crystal Empire before we go after that one." she suggested a little quickly.

They all looked at each other in confusion, "Um, okay. Let's get Twilight and head over there, ASAP!" Landrush said as they all nodded.

"I'll go get her," Flash said as he left the bridge and they all looked at each other knowingly and snickered.

"That guy will take any excuse to be with the princess, huh?" Trail commented.

"I know, serious when is Flash going to ask her out?" Aqua asked.

With in the Madness Realm, the Spinjitzu brothers and the royal sisters made part way up the Mountain of Madness until Garmadon noticed this realm's moon has risen up. "I had hoped we would have reached the Mountain before Moonrise. The Craglings never miss a midnight feast." He said, which made the other three worry.

"Craglings? Just what is this place Garmadon?" Celestia asked him.

"There is no such thing in Equestria." Wu told her.

"They're a horde unlike nothing you've ever seen." Garmadon told them. "Not all places exist to be found siblings. Sometimes, one must revel in the shadows to truly see the light." He then looked at Luna. "You of all ponies should understand, don't you Luna?" She had looked down as she remembers her time as Nightmare Moon.

"I do." Luna said as Celestia placed a wing over her back to comfort her,

"Come on, if we keep moving, we should be able to avoid them until we reach the summit," Garmadon said as they continued their way up the mountain, not noticing some rocks rolling after them.

Back in Equestria in the Canterlot castle Library, Twilight was scheming and looking through each book with Spike and Cozy Glow on anything on the Serpentine. "Find anything yet you two?" She asked them.

"Nope, nothing yet." Spike said as he was putting away a few books.

"I founda book on snakes, but it's not the one we're looking for." Cozy Glow said, holding up a book with the picture of a cobra on it. "But I did find out that a black mamba is called that because its tongue is black."

"Keep searching, there has to be something on the Serpentine and The Great Devourer." Twilight told as she continued to search.

Spike then had a thought, "Hey Twilight? Why do you think the ancient Serpentine hid the fang blades in different locations in first place?" he asked.

Twilight shrugged looking as concerned as he did, "I don't know Spike, if the Serpentine did want to unleash the Great Devourer why didn't they're ancestors just leave them in their tombs or in the city of Ouroboros?" As Twilight spoke, Cozy Glow found a green book with the Ancient Equestria Serpent Symbol on its cover.

"'Stories of the Great War'? I think I found something!" She called the alicorn and dragon. Twilight came over and saw the cover. She smiled and nuzzled Cozy.

"Good job Cozy!" She praised as she placed the book down on a table, "This should tell us everything we need to know about the Great Devourer." Spike and Cozy gathered around Twilight as she opened the book and as she read it, it gave them great concern.

During the days of the Great War, the battle long and hard fought between the kingdoms for control of Equestria. Midway through the war the Serpentine had unleashed their greatest weapon against the ponies and other creatures of Equestria: The Great Devourer, a gargantuan Snake with insatiable appetite to consume everything in it's path, with a hide was impenetrable to any weapon or spell and powerful fangs filled with venom capable of turning a creature's heart as black as night.

The Devourer laid waste to armies and villages across Equestria and the Serpentine were quickly conquering the realm piece by piece, it seemed the war was all but loss, until the Serpentine soon discovered a problem, the bigger the Devourer's body got the stronger it's hunger became and because that it became far too large, strong and dangerous for even the Serpentine to control anymore, especially since their weapon had turned it appetite on them.

So to prevent the Devourer from destroying them along with the rest of Equestria, the Anacondrai General; Arcturus, had four of its fangs removed, thus placing the Devourer into a deep slumber and sealed beneath their City of Ouroboros which sank beneath the Sea of Sand. And so to prevent Devourer from ever awakening again, Arcturus gave one Fangblade to the Generals of the other four tribes at the time, to be sealed in four separate locations, and map that would only be revealed when all five tribes unite as one.

For some time the war seemed to have ended, with the Anacondrai declaring a truce, until the Creatures of Equestria were once again turned on each other and the war became even bloodier than when it began. The war soon ended with the discovery of the sacred flutes that drove the Serpentine Tribes apart and locked away in tombs, and the others kingdom returned to their borders, promising never to cross them with the others permission and peace returned to Equestria.

"Whoa," Cozy breathed out in shock as Twilight closed the book.

Spike grimaced, "Wait so the Serpentine made the Devourer try and eat all of Equestria and when it got too big and tried to eat them too, they broke off its teeth and put it underneath their city? Gross!" He gagged.

Twilight now understood that if Pythor succeeded in awakening the Great Devourer, he wouldn't be unleashing a weapon to help him and the Serpentine conquer Equestria but an uncontrollable and gluttonous monster that would consume everything around it, even the Serpentine. "I have to warn the others!" She said before she galloped off to the bounty but then bumped into Flash.

Flash looked down at her and smiled, "We got to stop bumping into each other like this." Twilight blushed as she stood back up.

"H-hey Flash," She said with her cheeks blushing pink. "What's the news on the keys?"

"Well the good news is that I know where one of them is," Flash answered, "The first key is in the Crystal Empire's Castle and Gaia says she knows where the second one is, I just came to tell you we're about to leave."

Twilight blinked, she didn't think that one of the keys to one of the artifacts that would awaken the greatest monster in Equestria was in a place like the Crystal Empire "Oh Okay," She said as she and Flash stood in awkward silence. Not taking it anymore, Twilight decided to come clean about her feelings to Flash.

Flash was about to leave when Twilight spoke up, "Um, Flash? I, I want to tell you something important." She said nervously, rubbing her left hoof over her right one.

"What is it, Twilight?" He asked, unbeknownst to either of them the others were listening in on them from around the corner on both ends.

Twilight breathed in with a hoof to her chest, then breathed out pulling her hoof away and then said her piece, "Well, I want you to know that, ever since we first met I felt this unexplainable feeling whenever I looked into your eyes, whenever we bumped into each other and you were always such a gentlecolt to me. And overtime with my Coronation Disaster, the Skulkin attack, Lord Garmadon's return and now the Serpentine I began to see you as a very brave, kind and funny pony and even a great leader."

Flash looked at her in amazement as she blushed and smiled nervously, "I guess what I'm trying to say is," She looked Flash right in the eyes as she placed a hoof on his chin, "I love Flash Sentry, Master of Wind." She then kissed Flash on the lips for sec as the pegasus's wing flared out and his eyes widened, as did they others behind him.

Twilight pulled away and saw the shocked look on Flash's face, "Fl-Flash? What's wrong?" Twilight asked in concern.

Flash regained his senses as he was unsure how answer. He didn't realized that Twilight was in love with him, but now that he thought about it, it made sense: The blushing and stammering, the nervousness, the way Twilight always wanted to spend time with him. All of it was indications that she saw him as more than just a friend but did he feel the same.

Twilight became worried by his lack of answer, "Fl-Flash, don't you feel the same about me?" She asked fearfully as her ears folded back.

Flash darted his eyes to the sides as he wasn't sure how he felt about Twilight. Sure he cared about her as friend, but as something more? "T-Twilight I, I don't," He struggled to say as his tongue felt very dry for some reason.

Twilight however took those words as him saying he didn't feel the same as her. Twilight sucked in a breath as tears of regret, shame and heartbreak formed in her eyes, "I-I'm sorry! Th-this was a mistake!" Twilight shouted before she turned tail and ran, tears streaming from her eyes.

"Twilight wait!" Flash called out to her but just sighed as she kept on running. He didn't even noticed the rest of the Mane 6 and Starlight going after her with Spike and Cozy right behind them. Flash sat on the floor regretful of how he hurt Twilight. He felt a hoof on his shoulder and turned to see Trail and the others looking at him sympathetically.

"Just give her some space, she'll be fine," Trail assured the Pegasus, "Come on, let's get the Bounty ready and head for the Empire," Flash didn't say anything but just nodded. As the others turned to head back, Flash glanced back to where Twilight ran before sighing and catching up with his team.

Meanwhile in the frozen north, the Serpentine were making their way to the Crystal Empire. Unfortunately Pythor was shivering from the low temperature as were the Venomari, Constrictai and Fangpyre that were with him, since snakes were not fond of the cold. Skales and the other Hypnobrai on the other hand, being trapped in an ice cold tomb for so long, were unbothered by the cold, "I w-w-will nev-v-ver und-d-ders-s-stand how your t-tribe s-s-s-survived i-in t-t-this k-k-k-kind of w-w-weather, Skales." Pythor told his righthand, hugging himself to stay warm. "H-H-How much f-f-further to the Empir-r-r-r-re?"

Skales took a spyglass and looked through it. He smirked as he saw the Crystal Empire, "Not much further at all. The Crysssstal Empire issss just up ahead." He said, as Pythor took the spy glass and looked.

"Excellent, now let us tunnel beneath them, get that key out of the castle, find out where the other one is," Pythor said as cold blew past them and he and the other non-Hypnobrai Serpentine all shivered, "A-a-a-and p-p-possible g-get s-s-some, hot chocolate."

And so the Serpentine continued the long, and cold, dig under the snow and towards the empire.

Some of the crystal guards was at their post ear the border of the empire and one was looking through a spyglass, "Well, looks pretty normal out there," He said as he saw nothing but white, "Just snow, ice and also-" He was cut off when a Fangpyre jumped out infront of him out of nowhere, knocking his spyglass away.

"Serpentine!" He yelled as more Serpentine burst out of the ground, quickly surrounded them, "We're under attack! Sound the alarm!"

One of the guards was about blow the horn until he was knocked off his hooves by a Hypnobrai smirking at him, "Now, now. Wouldn't you rather Lisssten to me?" He asked as he Hypnotized the guard and others were quickly overwhelmed by the snakes. Before long the entire Empire was at the mercy of the Serpentine, some of the Crystal Ponies were hypnotized, other were bitten by the Fangpyre, sprayed by the Venomari or held down by the Constrictai.

As some of the guards fought the Serpentine, Pythor turned invisible and snuck through the chaos into the castle.

Shining Armor and the guards rush into the throne room. "The guards say that Pythor's breached the Castle!" Shining told Cadance who was writing a letter for help.

"Hurry Twilight, Flash we need you." She said to herself before rolling up the scroll and sending it. She then approached her husband, "Do you have Flurry Heart?!" She asked with much fear.

"I thought you had her!" Shining retorted.

The two gasped in fear and ran towards Flurry Heart's room and barged the doors opened, only to see Pythor in there with his tail wrapped around the baby alicorn as he grinned cruelly at them.

"Mawa!" Flurry called as Pythor squeezed her.

Cadance tries to attack but Pythor moves Flurry close to his mouth, threating to eat her and Shining stops her. The two glare at Pythor. "You won't get away with this!" Cadance snarled at the Anacondrai as he slithers up to them.

"Oh, on the contrary your majesty, I already have," Pythor told the couple as he then boops Flurry's nose. When she tries to bite him, Pythor pulls his hand away and laughs. Skales Slithers in with some Hypnotized guards.

"We've taken control of the cassstle and the guards sir. And we believe that the key issss being held ssssomewhere in the castle." Skales told Pythor as smirks and slithers towards the door still holding Flurry Heart.

"Excellent work Skales, keep the Crystal Ponies under careful watch and have the boys be on the look out for those troublesome ninja." Pythor ordered as Skales nodded and motioned to the guards. "Once we have that key we will be one step closer to awakening the Great Devourer."

"Pythor, stops this please!" Cadance pleaded to the Anacondrai as the guards restrained her and Shining Armor, "I know you and the rest of Serpentine are angry at the creatures of Equestria for sealing them underground, but unleashing the Devourer isn't the way!"

"But it doesn't matter! Twiliy, Flash and their friends will come for us and then kick your scaly tails out of our kingdom!" Shining Armor promised as they were taken away.

Pythor smirks at the Crystal Empire's rulers and slithers out the door. "We'll see about that." He said, he turned to Skales as passed him, "Actually, Skales I think we might have a use for these two, wouldn't you agree?"

"Oh yesss, we can." Skales smirked and turned to Cadance and Shining, who looked worried before they stared into his swirling, red eyes. The last thing the couple heard was Pythor laughing evilly and Flurry Heart calling out to them before everything went black.

Back in Canterlot, the ninjas were getting ready to set out to the Crystal Empire for the key. Flash however couldn't help but think about Twilight and what happened before. He was so distracted by his thoughts, he bumped into Thunder and Trail while they carried a few boxes and made them drop them on Trail's hoof.

Trail whimpered from the weight of the box on his back hoof, "Owowowowow!!!" He screamed in pain while held his hoof with his two front ones and hopped on his back one.

"Oops! Sorry, Trail." Flash quickly said before Gaia walked up to him.

"You still can't stop thinking about Twilight?" She asked while patting his back.

"Yeah," Flash answered with his ears drooping. "I know I should have said something after she confessed her feelings to me, but after that kiss I felt a little... I can't explain it." He sat down as the others listen to him. "I felt my heart was beating by the minute, my voice was stuck in my throat, I didn't know what to do. I don’t even know if I feel the same."

"Dude, we seen the way you look at her." Landrush told him. "You agreed to hang out with her any chance you get."

"She agreed to help you with the Serpentine egg when you asked her." Trail added.

"Whenever she's near you, the temperature in her cheeks rises about 9.5%." Frost calculated.

"You two are meant for each other." Thunder said as he wrapped his hoof around Flash's shoulder. "And every creature in equestrian knows it."

"I get it!" Flash shouted as the others back away and he sighed, slumping over again. "But what am I supposed to do?! I'm a ninja and she's the ruler of Equestria! What if my ninja job puts her in danger or what if she's too busy with our dates?! I don't want to put her in that kind of position. I just, don't know," The Ninja all looked unsure what to say, in the time they knew Flash he never showed any signs of doubt or fear, he always seemed so brave and levelheaded, but now, knowing a princess loved him, he didn't have any idea what to do.

But then before they could say anything helpful, "Guys, guys!" Spike said as they turned to see the Mane Six, Starlight, Spike, and Cozy Glow run in with worried looks on their faces.

They all stopped and panted, "We got a problem!" Rainbow said.

"What's wrong?" Thunder asked as Twilight frantically passed them a scroll. Flash took the scroll and read it.

"It's from Princess Cadance! Pythor and the Serpentine are invading the Crystal Empire!!" Flash gasped in fear as the other Ninja did too.

"Oh no! They must've figured out the key is there!" Aqua shouted as the Mane 6, Starlight, Spike and Cozy finally caught their breath.

"So much for being a step ahead of those revolting reptiles," Rarity sighed.

"No time complaining! Everypony, to your stations now!" Everypony but Flash and Twilight were rushing to set out to the Crystal Empire.

"Look Twilight, I-" Flash was cut off when Twilight put her hoof on his mouth.

"It can wait, we have to get to the Crystal Empire, and save my brother, sister-in-law, and niece." She told him as she dashed away. Flash sighed, knowing this wasn't the time or the place to talk to Twilight about what happen.

Soon the Destiny's Bounty took off and blasted away to the Crystal Empire.

The Bounty hovered out of sight, high above the Crystal Empire as they saw a bunch of Serpentine roaming the streets. "Looks like they haven't found the key yet, if they had, they'd be gone by now." Trail said as they watched from the monitor.

"They must have Shining Armor and Cadance locked up in the castle." Twilight theorized as they saw Pythor and Skales keeping watch from the castle Balcony before slithering back inside.

"If they see us, they might try take it out on the Crystal Ponies." Flash said as he saw a few scared citizens with the some Serpentine guards around them on the monitor.

"So, anypony got any ideas?" Gaia asked before she put her on Thunder's mouth. "Other than using the anchor again. We agreed never to do that again and I rather we not destroy the Empire."

"If only we all can turn invisible, that way it would be easier to sneak pass them." Spike said, witch gave Twilight an idea.

"That's it, we can turn invisible!" She proclaimed.

"Uh Twi, we're not chameleons." Rainbow Dash told her.

"No, I mean we can turn invisible with an invisibility spell." Twilight explained. "I can cast one on us so we can sneak past them without being seen and save the Empire."

"Sweet! Now that's what I call going into the shadows!" Thunder shouted excitedly.

"Okay, let's split into two teams." Flash told the others. "Twilight, you, your friends, Cozy Glow, and Spike use the spell to help everypony down there get to safety. The rest of us will go into the castle to help Shining and Cadance also to get the key before they do."

"Fair warning, the spell will last about one hour so make it count." Twilight told them.

"We done so worst with others." Applejack said, straightening her hat. "Y'all ready to do this?"

"Like you have to ask?" Trail asked as he and the other ninjas ready their weapons. "Let's do this!"

"NINJA-GO!" They all shouted together.

Twilight the cast the invisible spell on herself, her friends, Starlight, Spike, and Cozy Glow before she teleported all of them in a alley in the empire. The ninjas and Aqua in her samurai armor took to the shadows while the rest went to do their job. The Ninjas quickly and silently ran and jumped from rooftop to rooftop, above the Serpentine's heads while the Mane 6, Starlight, Spike and Cozy Glow carefully weaved through the guards, and ducking into alleys. Flash and Trail quietly ran past the Library as two Serpentine were have a conversation, they looked behind them, as they thought they heard something but saw nothing and just went back to talking.

Thunder and Landrush tip-toed down the street as a Constrictai looked around but didn't know the Ninja were right behind him. Gaia and Frost were sneaking through the alley when they saw one of the Serpentine had spotted where Pinkie, Spike and Cozy Glow were hiding when he saw a shadow on the ground. But before he could alarm any one Frost and Gaia grabbed him from behind and knocked him out.

Spike, Cozy Glow, and Pinkie Pie picked up a few pots and frying pans before carrying them behind a crystal building. They then made noises with the frying pans and pots to get the attention of some Serpentine guards. When they were distracted, both Applejack and Rainbow Dash knocked them out and carried their bodies into some trash cans. Fluttershy and Rarity were helping the crystal ponies get to Twilight and Starlight who use their teleportation spell to get them out of there.

The Ninja soon regrouped in the castle court yard and looked to see the Crystal Heart was missing, "Hey, what happened to the heart!?" Thunder asked.

"The Serpentine must've grabbed when they took over!" Gaia guessed with a scowl.

Trail groaned in frustration, "Great, now we have to find Princess Cadance, Shining Armor, Flurry Heart, The key AND the Crystal Heart!"

"Well let's hurry up and find them," Landrush suggested before turning to Flash, "Do you remember where you saw the key, Flash?"

"Yeah, but right now let's get Shining and Cadance free." Flash said before Twilight teleported next to them.

"I'm coming with you, I need to help my family!" Twilight said in tone that this wasn't a suggestion. The glanced at each other and nodded before they made their way to the dungeon.

They made their way past a few guards and down into the dungeon and looked in each cell till they found them lying on the ground. "Shining, Cadance! It's me Twilight!" Twilight whispered to them and got their attention.

Thunder then started picked the lock as the others kept watch, "Don't worry we'll have you out in just a sec," He promised as Cadance and Shining stood but kept their eyes down.

"Now that we found you, let's find Flurry Heart, get that Key and kick Pythor and the rest of these snakes," Trail said as Shining and Cadance stepped out of the cage.

Flash nodded as he turned to leave, "Great, now your highnesses stay close to us and-" Flash was cutoff when he was hit on the back of his head by a blue beam of magic and into a wall.

"Flash!" Twilight shouted before she was blasted right next to him by a magenta beam. The others gasped in shock before turning to Cadance and Shining Armor, with their horns glowing and their eyes closed...before they opened them revealing them to be red and swirled.

"Nopony, is going, anywhere!" Shining Armor snarled.

"The only place your all going to, is down!" Cadance shouted as her horn charged up.

While Landrush and Frost help Flash up to his hooves, Trail, Gaia and Thunder back away, "Sh-Shining, C-Cadance?" Twilight asked fearfully, while still hurt on the inside by how her own brother attacked her.

"Uh, anypony else recognize those eyes?" Thunder asked as Shining and Cadance stomped towards them.

"The Hypnobrai!" Gaia answered as Cadance fired a laser at them. "They're being controlled!"

"Then logically speaking the rest of the citizens have been hypnotized as well!" Frost guessed as he dodged another laser from Shining.

The Ninja then got a call from Aqua in their hoods, "Um guys? We got a problem! You know those ponies we saved? Apparently they've all taken over by the Serpentine! They've got me and the girls surrounded!" Aqua exclaimed as sounds of struggle could be heard.

"Oh no, we walked right into a trap!" Twilight cried.

"Correct!" The Ninja turned to see Skales slithering into the Dungeons, "Friends are there the greatesssst weapon against our enemiessss. Issss that not what you teach in that sssschool of your'ssss, Princessss?" He taunted.

Twilight straightened her back as the six ninja and the princess glare at the Hypnobrai General, "Where is Flurry Heart?" She demanded, her horn glowing.

Cadance laughed, "Oh don't worry Twilight, our sweet little one is with Pythor," the Ninja and Twilight gasped horror, "Oh don't be so dramatic, I'm sure she's having tons of fun right now."

"Yeah, Pythor has proven to be a better foalsitter then you ever were, Little sister, " Shining cackled as he smirked cruelly. Twilight flinched, even though she knew it was the Hypnobrai's mind control talking, it still hurt. She made a silent gasp when she felt a wing wrapped around her and turned to see it was Flash while he glared at the hypnotized rulers, "Besides, he agreed to take good care of Flurry after we told him where he could find the first key to the Fangblade was."

"Both of you snap out of it!" Flash shouted at the two. "Pythor wants to unleash the Great Devourer and kill us all! You don't want to do this!" Cadance and Shining Didn't listen and Fired a combined beam at them. The 7 dodged and the laser flew straight towards Skales.

Skales yelped and waved his arms frantically while back away, "Wait, wait ,wait Stop! STOP!" He demanded but it was in vain as Shining and Cadance blasted him right out of the Dungeon and out of the castle.

The Ninja and Twilight regrouped and Flash turned to the others, "You guys hold off these two! me and Twilight will go after Pythor!" He ordered before dashing off, "Come on Twilight!"

Twilight made a short glance at her hypnotized brother and sister-in-law with a sad expression before it turned determined and ran off after Flash.

Flash and Twilight ran through the halls of the Crystal Palace until they reach the spot where he saw the key. The key itself was on the bottom of a chandelier and the snake that's on it is dark green with red eyes and facing down. Twilight used her magic to carefully remove the key from the chandelier and lower down to them. "We got the key, now let's find Pythor and give him a piece of our minds!" Flash told Twilight before they heard laughter at the end of the hall.

They turned to see Pythor holding Flurry Heart wrapped in his tail while he held the Crystal Heart in his hand. "I'm afraid the only thing you'll be giving me, is that key, old boy." Pythor declared.

"Flurry!" Twilight yelled as Flurry whimpered and reached out for her aunty.

Flash pulled out his bo, "Pythor, you have ten seconds to get you and your troops out of the Empire!" He threatened.

Pythor's smug expression didn't change however, "Of course, but I prefer to travel light," He said he held up the Crystal Heart and Flurry, "What shall I leave behind in exchange for the key? The Crystal Heart or Princess Flurry Heart?"

"Don't try that! We'll trade with you!" Flash told Pythor. "But we want both Flurry and the Heart and we meet in the middle so there's no funny business!"

"Very well." Pythor said as slithered towards them with both the Crystal Heart and Flurry Heart while Flash carried the key over until they are in the middle of the hallway. Pythor and Flash never broke eye contact, Flash just kept on glaring at the snake as he passed him the key. Pythor smirked and took the key in his own hand before he released Flurry Heart from his tail and she flew into her auntie arms.

Flurry whimpered a bit and Twilight hugged her, "Shh, it's okay sweetie, it's okay. Auntie Twiliy not gonna let the big mean snake hurt you." Twilight comforted her niece.

Flash glanced back at them with a smile before scowling at Pythor as he examined the key, smirking, "Alright Pythor, now the Heart!" he demanded, holding out his hoof.

Pythor just chuckled back at him, "Did you really think I would just give back a relic as powerful as the Crystal Heart? I think not." Flash gaped in shock, "Terribly sorry Mr. Sentry, but you should've remembered one very important Lesson: Never Trust a Snake!"

Flash snarled, "Why you dirty-" but he stopped as he felt a cold wind from the window.

Pythor laughed again, "Oh dear, looks like we're in for some bad weather. Best I get out of here. Ta-ta!" He said as rushed out the door.

Flash flared his wings, "Get back here!" He shouted as he galloped after Pythor with Twilight and Flurry right behind him.

As soon as they made it outside, Pythor yelped as he was stopped in his tracks by Aqua in her mech. "Where do you think you're going with that?!" She glared.

But before she could grab him, the Fangpyre Wrecking Ball knocked her away, and A Rattle-Copter dropped down in front of Pythor, the door opened with Skales inside, "Hurry we must leave here before the storm becomes too great!" He said to Pythor as he boarded.

"No, he's getting away with the Key and Heart!" Twilight shouted when the Rattle-Copter was flying away and the snowstorm was getting worse.

"We need to get the Crystal Heart back before we're all buried under a hundred feet of snow!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she tried to keep the hypnotized crystal ponies back. She started to feel her wings get frozen by the Frozen North's wind and knew it wouldn't be long.

"And I think it's magic may be the only thing that can reverse the effects on the Crystal Ponies!" Aqua said as she stepped out her wrecked mech and over to Flash and Twilight.

Flash scowled as spread his wings, "Leave this to me! You guys just drive the rest of the Serpentine out of the Empire!" He told the girls before he took off. Twilight made a determined face before passing Flurry to Aqua.

"Watch Flurry! I'm going after him!" Twilight told Aqua before she flew after Flash. Aqua watch them fly off before she sees Thunder flying out of the castle, screaming as he landed a few feet from her. She then turned to see Trail, Landrush, Gaia and Frost charging out into the Courtyard still fighting Shining and Cadance.

Flurry's ears folded back as she saw her parents' mean looking faces. Aqua saw this and hugged her, "Don't worry sweetie, we'll save your mommy and daddy." She promised before looking back the Ninja still fighting and then back at the stormy sky where Flash and Twilight flew after Pythor, "I hope."

Flash and Twilight were doing their best to keep in the air as their wings were getting frozen by the Frozen North's winds. The Rattlecopter as up ahead and the trying to keep on it before Twilight's wings froze up and she started to fall. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!" She screamed as she fell. Flash saw her falling towards a deep canyon and knew he had to save her, even if it meant letting Pythor get away with the key and Crystal Heart.

"TWILIGHT! HANG ON!" Flash Shouted as he dove after her. The winds then got stronger causing the Rattle-copter to jostle.

Pythor turned to see Flash and Twilight falling, and laughed, "Excellent, we have the key and a little souvenir!" he boasted holding the Crystal Heart and the key.

Flash dove in faster and faster until he was in hooves reach of Twilight and grabbed her. "Flash, you are crazy, what are you doing?! They're getting away with the Key and the Heart!" Twilight scolded as they kept on falling.

Flash knew there was no way he could safely fly both himself and Twilight through the storm, so he knew that before they met their end he had to give Twilight his answer. "I won't let you go! You're too important to me! I love you too Twilight and I was afraid that our jobs as a ninja and a princess would get the way!" He said as loudly as he could as Twilight looked him, "I'm only sorry it took me this long to say because now I'm not afraid anymore! We're perfect for each other and all of Equestria knows it!"

Twilight looked speechless for a moment before she made a tearful smile and kissed Flash with all the passion she had and though he was surprised at first he just kissed back as they neared the canyon.

But then as they pulled away, Flash felt the winds around them stirring as power built up inside him and his eyes glowed alongwith his Bo of Wind.

Flash looked surprise, "What, what is this?" he asked, though Twillight had a good idea.

"Your True Potential!" She answered with a smile. Flash's body glowed yellow with swirling wind around before he smirked and spread his wings. As they fell into the blackness of the cavern Flash pulled up at super sonic speeds while carrying Twilight.

As soon as Flash made it back to the Crystal Empire's Courtyard, the others were amazed that he has unlocked his true potential. After setting Twilight down, flash vanish in a gust of wind and reappeared next Pythor. "What in Equestria?!" Pythor yelped when saw Flash before the pegasus took back the Crystal Heart and used the wind to blow the Rattle-Copter far away. "WHOA, WHOA WAHHH!! CURSE YOU NINJA!!!" Pythor cried out before Flash flew back to the Empire.

He then returned back to the courtyard and placed the Crystal Heart back on its pedestal. The Crystal Spun around before releasing a dome of light that crystalized everypony, cured the Crystal Ponies from the Serpentine's influence and blasted the Snakes out of the Empire and into the frozen north.

"Retreat!" A Fangpyre said as the Serpentine dove into a hole to escape.

Cadance and Shining shook their heads as their hypnosis was broken, "What? What happened?" Cadance asked, looking around in confusion.

"Where's Pythor?!" Shining asked before Flurry Heart dove into his and Cadance's forelegs hugging them.

Flash landed in the courtyard as everypony celebrated. Flash's body returned to normal and slumped down, "Whew, now THAT, was a totally rush!" He commented before Twilight jumped on him, while hugging and laughing.

After a quick explanation about what happened, everypony were in the dining room for a nice lunch. "Thank you all so much! you have done the Crystal Empire a great Service!" Cadance thanked the Ninja.

Flash just waved her off, "Ah, don't worry Princess just doing our job," He said before from and leaning on his hoof, "Just wish I grabbed that key before I blasted that Copter away." Twilight rubbed his back.

"Pythor may have gone the key, but we got back the Crystal Heart and saved everypony." Twilight said before she took a bite of her hayburger.

"And there's still another key out there to find. We just need to find it, get it and Pythor can't get that Fangblade," Landrush said, before he started thinking. "But, I could have sworn I seen the Fangblade somewhere before."

Trail drank his soda, "Well apart from losing the first key and saving the Empire, now half of our team have unlocked their true potential," he gestured to Frost, Thunder and Flash, as the latter two hoofbumped while the former just nodded, "And once I find mine and become the Light Ninja, Pythor won't know what hit him."

The others groaned, "Oh Trail, don't start that again!" Aqua told her brother.

"Oh I almost forgot!" Twilight said with realization. "There's something me, Spike, and Cozy Glow found out about the Great Devourer." She then told every pony in the room about their discovery and what it might do when it reawakens.

Everypony was stunned silent, if they failed to stop Pythor from collect the four Fangblades, everycreature in Equestria was doomed. But Flash shook off his shock and he bore a determined look, "Well, this changes nothing! All that means is that we need to try even harder to stop Pythor from Awakening the Devourer!" He told them, "Even we are afraid of what comes next, we can't let fear stop us from doing what we know is right!" Twilight smiled at him, knowing that he making a reference to how he found his true potential by facing his fear of confessing his love to her.

The others smiled too as Applejack declared, "Well then, let's get to work ya'll and get that next key!" everypony agreed, minus Gaia who looked worried about something. But before they could declare their catchphrase, they heard somepony say.

"Ninja-go!" Everypony's jaws dropped as they turned to the pony who said it...Flurry Heart smiling in her mother's arms, "Ninja-go!" She said again, before giggling.

Cadance recovered from her shock before she grinned widely in excitement with her eyes sparkling, "OOOH FLURRY! You said your first Word! Mommy's so proud of you!" She praised Flurry as she hugged her daughter while, standing up and spinning on one hoof. Everypony else laughed while Shining let out some tears, or liquid pride as he called it. Twilight and Flash stopped laughing for second before giving each other a loving smile and subtly held each other's hooves. Pythor may have gotten the key, but they had found something greater.

Chapter 10: Beauty Within

Pythor, Skales, and a few other Serpentine were making their way through a jungle for the second key now that they have the first. Pythor is a little bit furious about what happened back in the Crystal Empire with the Rattle-Copter and Flash and his true potential.

Pythor looked at the map, and smirked as he saw the second key was just up ahead. "We're getting closer, It should be just beyond those trees." He to his troops. They eventually came to some old ruins, with plants, vines and moss growing over the stones. In the center of the ruins there was a shrine with a pedestal, where the second key should be resting.

Pythor slithered up to the shrine, ready to take the key, only to step on a switch and then the sound of turning gears and machinery was heard. At that moment Pythor knew, he screwed up, "Oh dear." he said before out of the walls shot darts, and arrows, spikes appeared out of the floor, boulders flung out from the sides and trap doors under the stone steps appeared. The Serpentine screamed and yelped in panic as dodged the traps as every step they took only triggered more.

"Watch where your walking you Foolssss!!" Skales told them as he ducked under some arrows.

Soon the Serpentine reached the pedestal and panted to catch their breath, "Oh, for ssssecond there I thought we were gonerssss!" Skales said with relief.

Pythor smirked, "Me too," he then laughed as he approached the pedestal.

Skales frowned at his leader, "Your alwayssss laughing at your minionssss expanssssse. That'ssss not a good leadership quality." Skales grumbled. But Pythor heard that.

"What did you say?" He asked as Skales yelped and put on a nervous grin.

"Um, uhh I said, let'sss grab the key and head for the next Fangblade." Skales said before Pythor turned back to the pedstal. But the moment he reached it, he found nothing on it.

"What? Where is it?! Where's the key?!" Pythor asked in frustration.

Meanwhile on the Destiny's Bounty, the Ninja, Aqua, The Mane 6, Spike and Cozy Glow were traveling to the location of the Second key, which was in the last place they thought it be.

"So let me get this straight," Rainbow started as she looked at Gaia, "Your telling me, the second key to the Fangblade, is smack dab in your family's own house?"

"Well, yeah..." Gaia answered sheepishly. "My grandfather, Jungle Trekker, discovered it long before I was born. He told me stories of his adventures when I was just a filly. Right now, it's part of my families collection."

Flash the spoke up, "And if Pythor is going to where it was originally placed, he doesn't know where it is now."

"Meaning we'll be one step ahead of him," Spike grinned, "And once get that key, we'll stop Pythor's plan of awakening the Great Devourer!"

"And then we can focus on saving Lloyd." Cozy added, worried about her best friend.

Twilight ruffled her mane, "Don't worry Cozy, we'll get him back. Let's just focus on getting the Fangblades first." she said as Cozy nodded.

Landrush grumbled as scratched his head, "Ugh, I know I've seen the Fangblade some where before, but where?"

"Uh Landrush, didn't you hear what we were talking about?" Thunder asked him.

"Nevermind him," Trail spoke as he stood up next to the map. "Let's head to Gaia's place, get the key, and stop the Serpentine from getting the next Fangblade."

"Yeah... no." Gaia said, quickly before turning to leave the bridge. "I'm not going back to Maretonia, so you guys go have fun without me."

"WHAT?!" The others shouted in unison.

Before Gaia could walk out the door Flash zipped right in front of her. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! No way, Gaia." He said as Gaia stopped in surprise, "Your the only one knows where the key is, and I doubt your family will let us search if your not there to confirm it."

Gaia bit her lip, seeing his point, "Um, well you could...um?" She struggled to say.

Fluttershy walked up to the mare and placed a hoof on her shoulder, "Gaia, is there something about your home that's bothering you?" she asked gently.

Frost stood on her other side, "Whatever it is we will be there to support you through it."

"Plus there's also the fact that Pythor may find out the key is there too." Applejack pointed out.

"And you know how far he'll go to get that key." Twilight added, remembering how Pythor was willing to have the entire Crystal Empire be buried under a mountain of ice and snow, "Would you really be okay if Pythor attack Maretonia and endangering your family?"

Gaia looked conflicted for moment. She really, really didn't want to go back to her home city but she also didn't want Pythor to get a step closer to unleashing the Great Devourer...or her family getting hurt. So with reluctant sigh she nodded, "Okay, I'll go. But first there's something you should know about me and my family," She said as everypony looked at her in confusion, "I didn't want to say this before now because I was afraid you'd treat me differently and was embarrassed by it"

"It can't be that embarrassing, Darling." Rarity spoke. "We promise we won't laugh." The others smiled and nodded.

"Okay..." Gaia said before she took a deep breath. "Remember how I told you I know you don't really sound like that Rarity?" Rarity nodded her head. "Well it's because, I know what the true high class manner of speaking is, dearie." The accent in her voice was exactly like Rarity's.

"Hey, that was a good impression of her." Thunder said with a chuckle while the others were stunned silent. It was shocking to Gaia, probably one of the roughest, toughest mares they've ever known talk so upper-class like. Thunder then realized what Gaia just did and was flabbergasted too, "Wait, HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!"

"Like I said, Thunder, I know what the true high class manner of speaking is." Gaia answered before she cleared her throat. "And it's sometimes hard to stop. When I was a filly, I was taught to speak, walk, even eat like a high class pony because my family is rich and high class."

"What?!" Everypony said, before Rarity fainted and Landrush caught her.

"Yeah, it was a nice gig, good food, nice clothes and of course the cool toys but it was a boring lifestyle for me!" Gaia complained. "All I ever did was read books, balancing books on my head while walking, playing the piano, attending stuffy parties and not going outside to have any fun. Then on a rainy day, when I was walking back home from my piano lesson with my butler, I saw some fillies and colts playing in the mud. Just the sight of them made me envious and I wanted to join in on the fun. So while my butler wasn't looking, that's what I did, I slowly walked up to them and asked them if I can play with them. I didn't like it at first but then I had tons of fun later. I never had that much fun in a long time at all."

"Wow, your mom must have been really steamed when she found out you played in the mud." Rainbow Dash said as Gaia rubbed the back of her head.

"About that, she didn't know." Gaia said with sigh. "When I was done playing and come home covered in mud, my mom was horrified by the sight of me and wanted to know what happened. I wanted to tell her I played in the mud but I was afraid she wouldn't let me go out anymore. But my butler saw how much fun I was having when he found out I snuck away and everything. So he told her that a wagon went by so fast and its wheel splashed in a mud puddle and I got covered by it."

"So you never told your mom you played in the mud?" Aqua asked as Gaia shook her head in response.

"I never did and never will." Gaia told them. "And ever since then, I guess you can say I was living a double life for my mom. Whenever I go to my piano lessons, I just go to the playground and have fun with my friends. Going to stuffy parties alone, going to crazy fun parties. Anything boring she thought I was doing, was really me going out and have fun behind her back."

"And I'm guessing she doesn't know your a ninja either?" Starlight asked.

Gaia raised a brow, "You really assume my mother would let her 'sweet, delicate, little flower' become an uncouth, wild warrior?'" she asked with her high class accent again, before she cleared her throat, looking nervous, "It would bad enough if she found out I was rolling around in the dirt behind her back for years, but she found out I became a Ninja, she'd go Mama Ursa Major on me!"

"So then just keep up the act." Thunder told her. "Say that we came with because the Serpentine is after the key your grandfather found and she'll never know."

"That's might work, or you can tell your ma the truth." Applejack told Gaia. "She will find out one way or another." Gaia looked between Applejack and Thunder before she came to a decision.

"Yeah I'm going with Thunder's idea. Can't believe I actually said that," She told them, making Applejack rolled her eyes in annoyance. "But it's been so long since I acted all high class, apart from throwing my voice around, I think I forgot everything else on how to be high class." Rarity quickly ran up to her with a wide grin on her face.

"Don't worry darling! Rarity is here re-education in the ways of proper ladyship!" She declared as Gaia backs away with a nervous grin.

"Heh, Great." She mumbled, now silently wishing she choose to tell the truth.

"Set sail!" Rarity ordered the others. "By the time I'm done with Gaia, we shall be in Maretonia by then." She then used her magic to pull Gaia out of the room. Gaia looked at them with pleading eyes as she mouth the words "help me" as she was being dragged away.

The others shook their heads in amusement, not noticing just outside the window, a serpent like camera drone was spying on them.

Meanwhile back in the Madness Realm the Spinjitzu Brothers and the Royal Sisters neared the summit of the mountain. Celestia looked at both Wu and Garmadon before looking at Luna and smiled. "Brings back memories, doesn't it Luna?" Celestia asked her sister.

Luna smiled back at her sister, "You mean when we first visited the Monastery with Starswirl all those centuries ago?" She chuckled, "I remembered how Starswirl forbade us from flying up and we nearly sweated like pig once we reached the top."

"I remember that time like it was only yesterday." Wu said before he looked towards his brother. "Do you brother?"

Garmadon looked at the three and chuckled a little. "I remember. It was the time both our father and Starswirl where discussing matters over the Serpentine, long when we were at peace, when they just stayed on their side and we and the others stayed on ours." He glanced at Wu, "Until you decided it was good idea for us to break that law, little brother."

Wu winced as the two sister glanced at him sympathetically, remembering the time where he made a foolish choice that nearly ended the truce between the Creatures of Equestria, "Yes, but we managed to correct my mistake and I learned an important lesson that we all did during the Serpentine Wars."

"Never trust a snake." The four said together before laughing as the boulders behind them moved.

Garmadon then let out a sigh, "I only wished Lloyd had learned that lesson before he walked right into that snake nest."

Wu placed a hoof on his brother's shoulder, "Do not despair brother, we will save your son. I promise you that," He said, Garmadon just grunted and shrugged off the hoof as he continued to ascend.

Wu sighed, though they were now at a temporary alliance the darkness in Garmadon's heart still held a tight grip. Celestia held a comforting wing over Wu as he nodded to her and they continued upward. Luna glanced at Garmadon, noting his response to Wu's comfort, silently wondering if this was how Celestia while she was falling prey to her own darkness. She was pulled from her thoughts when she heard the sound of rocks shifting behind her, she looked and saw nothing but stones.

She hummed suspicious as she stepped closer to the rocks, feeling something was wrong. But before she could inspect them further, she heard her sister calling, "Luna, come on!" Celestia shouted.

Luna glanced back at Celestia before turning back to the rocks with a suspicious scowl before trotting after Celestia and the brothers...but when her back was turned, she didn't see the rocks shifted a face with glowing orange eyes.

Back in Equestria, the Destiny's Bounty now hovers over the city of Maretonia as the others waited for Rarity and Gaia to up from below deck. "Didn't Rarity say by the time we get here she'll be done with Gaia?" Trail complained as he paced around. "What's taking so long?"

"Don't worry Trail, shouldn't be too long now." Flash said and then Rarity walked up looking very proud.

"Terribly sorry for the wait darlings," she apologized before glancing at the doorway, "Apparently Gaia is a lot more stubborn than I originally thought."

Thunder raised a brow and glanced at the door, "Um, where she?" he asked as they all heard an embarrassed moan.

"Over here," Gaia said waving a hoof, "I'm coming out, just please don't laugh," Soon she stepped on to the deck and everyone's jaw dropped while Rarity smiled brightly. Gaia had her mane down to show it was long, she wearing light chartreuse eyeshadow with eyeliner, and finally she is wearing a beautiful summer green dress with a sunflower petal around the skirt part.

"Sweet Celestia..." Landrush said in aw when he saw Gaia. Thunder dropped his soda he was drinking but still have the straw in his mouth. A little bit of steam was coming off of Frost as he was staring at Gaia while the wings of both Flash and Trail stood at attention. This was probably the most girly they had ever seen Gaia look like before.

"Hubba hubba." Spike said when he got a good look at Gaia.

Gaia blushed brightly and covered her face in embarrassment, "Guys pleeaaasee, don't look at me like that! Your making me nervous!" She strained out. The Starlight, Cozy and the Mane 6, minus Twilight, looked at the boys in amusement, while Twilight and Aqua looked a bit irked at their coltfriends for gawking at Gaia.

Rainbow saw this and flew over to them, "Jealous?" she teased as Aqua and Twilight gave her a death glare before turning to the boys.

"Ahem!" They both said as the boys snapped out it and shook their heads.

"Right!" Flash shouted as he and the other boys snapped out of it and Thunder spit out the straw. "Let's uh...let's get down there." Each ninja took one of the Main Six while Spike went with Flash and Twilight, Cozy Glow went with Frost and Fluttershy, and Starlight went with Landrush and Applejack as they jumped off the Bounty and summon their Spinjitzu vehicles to fall faster.

Once they landed, Gaia held out a case with slots for each of the Golden Weapons, "Alright fork 'em over boys," She ordered as she already had her said in it.

One by one the boys placed their weapons in the case, "Ah, ah, ah. But no mortal shall possess all six," Thunder joked.

"Why do we have to hide our wepons?" Flash asked as he placed his Bo of Wind in the case.

"I told you, I can't let my mom find out I'm a ninja and I don't think it'll be believable if she finds me wearing a ninja suit and carrying two sais," Gaia told him as she closed the case. "Now, take off those suits and let's see if my mom will let us have the key."

"So which house is yours?" Landrush ask looking out across the city.

"Is that one with tall trees?" Trails asked, pointing to the on the left house.

"Or how about that one with the green roof?" Thunder pointed to a tall house on the right.

Frost took a turn and directed their attention to the river, "I sense that your house is the one near the village river." He said.

"Guys," Flash said, getting their attention, "I think we should let Gaia tell where her house is," he turned to Gaia and nodded.

Gaia sighed and pointed her hoof forward, "It's that one." She said, pointing to the largest green mansion in the middle of town.

The others looked flabbergasted as the turned to Gaia, pointing at her then the house. Gaia sheepishly smiles and nods. Thunder presses his front hooves on his head and makes a high pitch squeak while Rarity mumbles in disbelief before fainting and Landrush catching her again.

"THAT'S YOUR HOUSE?!?!?!" Pinkie Pie shouted at the top of her lungs when they saw a mansion about as wide as a football field or two with many hedges around it and about three or four fountains going up to the front door. It looked even more like a castle than a mansion from their point of view.

"What can I say, my grandfather liked to travel a lot. Finding treasures from like lost kingdoms or civilizations, all that stuff." Gaia said before she opened the gate. "You all coming or what?" When they all snapped out of their flabbergastation, the boys did Spinjitzu and changed out of their ninja uniforms before they all followed her in.

As they walked to the front door, everyone, minus Gaia, couldn't help but gawk at their surroundings, "Whoa Gaia, I know you told us your family was rich but," Twilight said, unable to comprhend the size of the mansion and it's grounds.

Gaia just shrugged, growing up here she was as impressed as everypony else, "Yeah it's nice, but don't let this or the indoor gardens fool you?" She said.

Fluttershy gasped in surprise before zipping over to Gaia with a sparkling smile, "You have indoor garden?! With animals?!" She asked.

Gaia made a hesitant nod, "Umm, yes. Even though my mom isn't a fan of dirt and mud, she has a really soft spot for animals." Fluttershy squealed in excitement. Pretty soon they made it to the doors. Gaia reach for the door bell rope but hesitated, knowing this was not going to be easy. She looked back at her friends, who gave her some encouraging nods, before turning back to the door, taking a deep breath in and out, and pulling the rope and the sound of a bell was heard.

"Coming!" A mare's voice said as Gaia held her breath, straightened her dress and prepared herself. The door was open by a mare with an emerald green coat, a platinum mane braided over one shoulder, a dark green dress, gold bracelets and necklace, aqua green eye shadow and a white fur boa. Once she saw Gaia she beamed, "Gaia darling, you're home!"

"Hello dearest mother." Gaia spoke in the fancy accent. "It is wonderful to see you again."

Gaia's mother rushed forward and hugged her, "Oh look at you, such a perfectly clean, proper, and beautiful young mare, I’m so proud." she gushed as she held Gaia by her blushing cheeks before she realized they weren't alone, "Oh my, Gaia you're already starting a line of suitors? How wonderful! You must tell which one you're considering!" Gaia's mother then started looking at each of the boys carefully as they blushed at the 'suitors' comment.

"Mother!" Gaia yelled in embarrassment.

Gaia's mother then made a sharp turn and gave her daughter a disapproving look, "What have I told you about raising your voice in public?" she asked strictly.

Gaia realized what she did and covered her mouth, "I-" she tried to say before her mother interrupted her.

"And make eye contact and stand on four legs when somepony is speaking to you!"

"Sorry!" Gaia Apologized, standing on all fours straight.

"And stop apologizing!" Her mother demanded.

"Of course!" Gaia complied, bowing her head.

"Um excuse me." Twilight spoke up. "But it's an honored to meet you."

Gaia's mother turned and then realized that the princess of Equestria was standing before her. She gasped in alarm, before checking her hair, makeup and dress, while Gaia rolled her eyes behind her. Once she thought she was proper she gave a respectful bow to Twilight, "Your majesty Princess Twilight Sparkle, please forgive my rude welcome, had I known you were coming I would've prepared the mansion for your visit. I am Rose Boral, mistress of the Boral Mansion,"

Twilight blushed at the thoughtfulness but waved her off, "Oh none sense Mrs. Boral. Your daughter assured me your home is very welcoming."

Rose's eyes widen before turning to her daughter, "Gaia? Your 'friends' with the princess of Equestria?" she asked slowly.

Gaia made a nervous face but nodded.

"Uh, she's also friends with the six heroes of Equestria!" Rainbow Dash spoke up as she and the others stood next to Twilight.

"And Spike the Brave and Glorious of the Crystal Empire!" Spike said proudly, winking. Before he was pulled into a back-breaking hug.

"Oh, aren't you just cutest little thing in all of Equestria!" Rose gushed as Spike gagged from her tightening grip while the other grinned in amusement.

"Oh mother, we surely can't keep our conversation just waiting outside." Gaia spoke up, wanting to get this over with as fast as possible. "And the princess wants to discuss something with you about one of grandfather's artifacts he found."

"Oh yes, of course!" Rose sat Spike down and looked at everypony. "Please do come in darlings. I will have Gentle Serve fetch us some tea and biscuits. But please wipe your hooves before coming in." Each of them wiped their hooves on the doormat before walking and seeing the place was bigger inside than it did on the out.

"Wow!" Rainbow said flying close to the ceiling, "This place is Awesome!"

"I must say Madam Rose," Rarity said as they walked down a hall and she looked at the paintings, "I heard the Boral family was rich, but this is truly amazing!"

Applejack looked around as she serval maids and servants cleaning the halls and rooms, "Ah'll say! This place might even be bigger than even Filthy Rich's mansion!" she commented.

"Ah yes, Rich." Rose said. "A very well business partner. His grandfather and my father were very close friends." She stops to look at a portrait of an old stallion with Gaia's color coat but with red mane and teal eyes in a adventure suit. "And this is him, my father, Jungle Trekker."

"That's your grandfather, Gaia?" Thunder asked as they all saw the portrait.

"Yes that is, or rather was my grandfather." Gaia said with a sadness in her voice.

"What happened to him?" Pinkie asked before Aqua turned to her.

"Pinkie! You don't just go and ask things like that!" She scolded, before looking at Rose, "I'm so sorry about her Mrs. Borel, she's just-"

"It's alright, dear." Rose interrupted. "He gotten sick when Gaia was just a filly and, well didn't get better."

"Oh man, I'm sorry to hear that." Landrush said. "I lost my mom the same way."

"And I lost my parents in accident way back when I was a filly too," Applejack added, taking off her hat, the hat she inherited from her father, in remorse.

"It seems we all lost something important, but they wouldn't want us to grieve." Rose said. "Come now, let us have our tea and discuss what you came here for." They soon came to room with a fire place, a couch, a small table, and a record player. "Please, do make yourself at home."

Everypony took a seat, the Mane 6, Starlight Spike and Cozy sat on the couches with Rose and Gaia while the boys sat on some chairs. Soon a grey coated, black maned, unicorn butler came in with a china tea set, and biscuits, "Tea milady?" he asked before turning to Gaia. "Oh, and welcome back Ms. Gaia."

Gaia nodded, "It is wonderful to see you again Gentle Serve," She said as her mother nodded and Serve placed the tea set on the table in front of them.

"Thank you Gentle Serve, now if you please leave me to speak with the Princess and my daughter's friends," Rose asked politely as Serve bowed his head and subtly winking at Gaia, who winked back. Once he was gone Rose turned to her guests, "So tell dearies, what brings you to my humble abode?" she asked everypony took a tea cup or biscuit.

"Oh well, you know there have been rumors about the Serpentine, from those stories grandfather used to tell me about, and how they returned?" Gaia asked. "Well, Princess Twilight's secret Ninja Force had Intel on what they're doing." She waved to the boys.

"Secret Ninja Force?" Flash asked as he and the other ninjas looked at each other when she said that.

"They are searching Equestria for artifacts called the Four Silver Fangblades, and we believe the key to one of them is here in the mansions treasury," Twilight went on.

"Oh, you mean the serpent key my father found on one of his expeditions that's going to be on the auction later tonight?" Rose asked.

"Well yes and they- AUCTION?!?!?!" Gaia asked in complete shock and almost lost her accent.

"AUCTION?!" The others shouted as Pinkie did a spit-take. Rose made a sad sigh.

"Oh yes, unfortunately due difficulties with Celestia's wayward nephew, I'm forced to sell some of my father's hard earned treasures, or risk losing the Mansion to that scoundrel!" Rose grumbled.

"Blueblood is the reason for an auction?!" Rarity asked incomplete disgust.

"To think that guy wouldn't stoop any lower." Flash whispered.

"Well there's that, or my counter offer I have. But I will save that until the auction tonight." Rose said before an idea came to her. "Would you all be so kind as to help set up?!"

"Um actually mother, we really require that key and-" Gaia tried to say before Thunder stuffed her mouth with his hoof.

"We'd love to help you out Mrs. Boral!" He said with a smile.

Rose smiled and stood up, "Splendid I'll go and tell the preparation teams and then you can all begin shortly!" She before trotting out. Once she was gone Gaia spat out Thunder's hoof and glared at him.

"What are you doing?!" Gaia demanded dropping her fancy accent.

"Just think about it, we help her set the auction and once the auction starts tonight, Twilight can bid on the key and your mom can keep the mansion!" Thunder told his idea. "It's a win win for everypony!"

"That might work! Thunder, you're a genius!" Flash told him.

Gaia however looked absolutely against it, "But if we do that, I'll be forced sit through the most boring party ever!" She complained, "When don't we just snatch the key and replace it with a fake, and the tell my mother we had something else to take care so we couldn't stay?"

The others however looked unsure, "I don't know," Starlight said, "That sounds kinda-"

"Wrong?! Guys the future of Equestria is at stake!" Gaia reminded them.

Frost pointed out to her, "Gaia you are suggesting that we steal from your mother and run away in her time of need."

"Gah! I hate it when you're right!" Gaia told him before she pressed her hooves to her head and sighed. "Fine, we'll go to the party but we're keeping the replica fake as a backup!"

Trail nodded with a confident grin, "Right, now all we have to do is prepare for an auction party, which compared to fighting snakes is easy-peasy" he said, leaning back.

Pinkie nodded with a bright smile, "Yeah how hard could it be?"

When the Ninja, mane 6, and the others realized that preparing for the auction was easier said then done.

Twilight and Rarity had to write out the invitations, Aqua and Starlight had to handle getting the plates and silverware organized, Pinkie and Flutteshy had to get the decorations done, Cozy, Flash, Spike and Rainbow had to deliver the invitations, Applejack and Frost had handle the cooking, and Landrush, Trail and Thunder had move all the auction items, carefully into the main area.

Meanwhile Rose makes sure Gaia is Proper lady enough for the party, which involved keeping her back streight, her dress choice and speech. For the past few hours, everypony were doing their best to get ready for the auction until it was sunset and they all, minus Gaia who was talking to her mother, gathered in Gaia's old room to rest before the party. "I planned for the hardest parties I've ever planned for, but this, this was insufferable..." Pinkie Pie said dramatically.

"My hooves!" Landrush cried out. "I can't feel my hooves!"

"You're lucky, I can't feel my wings!" Rainbow Dash complained, floppily flapping her wings.

"My gears locked up several times." Frost told the others, rotating his shoulders after dripping them with oil. "I didn't even know my gears could lock up."

Twilight tried crawling over to the bookshelves, "I don't even have the strength to read right now!" She moaned before flopping down and Flash walked up to her, laying down next to her, draping a wing over her.

"And I thought Sensei was strict about work," Flash commented.

"I'm starting to see why Gaia is so afraid to tell her mom the truth." Starlight said as she was in a fetal position.

"If I see one more invitation, it'll be too late for me." Trail told them.

"Where is she anyway?" Fluttershy asked, and just as she asked that, Gaia walked looking a little pale and extremely worried as she wobbled in.

Her expression was an immediate bad sign for them, "Gaia, is something wrong?" Thunder asked.

"Did your mother not like our work?" Rarity asked, hoping they didn't have to do that all over again.

Gaia shook her head, still looking horrified, "No, and that's good because we Really need to make sure this auction work!" she says with urgency.

"Then what is it?" Spike asked as Gaia slow moved her head to look at Twilight.

"Can I have a soundproof Dome over me before I answer first?" She grumbled through her teeth.

Twilight raised a brow and the lite her horn and created a dome around Gaia before she started screaming and thrashing around, shocking the others as they watch Gaia vent out her unknown caused anger.

After a few minutes Gaia panted and gestured for Twilight to drop the dome and once she did the green mare dropped to the floor. "You...okay now?" Cozy Glow asked sheepishly.

"She's driving me crazy!!" Gaia shouted. "I knew we should have stole the key instead of this!!"

"Gaia, we know that hasn't been easy for you but-" Aqua tried to remind her, only for her to interrupt her.

"BUT! That's not the issue right now," Gaia said before looking worried with a mix of disgust, "My mom just told me her second plan to save the mansion."

"What's so bad about it?" Rarity asked.

"Marriage!!" Gaia shouted. "An arranged marriage with somepony I never met!! She wants me to marry some rich stallion if this auction doesn't go well!!"

Gaia then fell into a fatal position with her hooves over her head rocking back and forth. The others glanced at each other, realizing that this mission had just got a lot more serious.

"Alright guys, we've gotta make sure this auction goes off perfectly," Flash said as he glanced at Aqua and Fluttershy comforted Gaia, "For Equestria's sake, and for Gaia's,"

They were all so distracted by Gaia, No one saw Pythor peeking through a window with a sinister smirk, "Hmm, Auction eh?" He mused to himself, "Well, I did prefer bidding over buying." he then chuckled evilly as a new plan came to him.

Night falls and many ponies gathered in the main area of the mansion for the party before the auction.

While Rose's servants were welcoming the ponies in one by one, they raised their brows as they saw Pythor wearing a brow beard as a disguise, “My invitation, dear chaps,” he offered them an invite he stole from another guest. The servants looked at the invitation before letting him in.

While Rose's servants were welcoming the ponies in one by one, they raised their brows as they saw Pythor and the Serpentine wearing disguises before letting them in. Starlight was by the banquet table until she saw a familiar mare by it. "Trixie? What are you doing here?"

"Oh I'm just here with my new boyfriend," Trixie said.

Starlight's eye bugged out, "B-BOYFRIEND?! I didn't know you have a boyfriend!" She exclaims.

Trixie just smiles, "Well Now you do? But what are you doing here? Does it have something to do with those Serpentine I've heard about?"

Starlight glanced around before turning back to Trixie, "Well it's like this," she said before explaining the situation to Trixie.

"Wow, she's under a lot of pressure huh?" Trixie said before she a look on her face that says that she needs to tell her something. "I should tell you who my boyfriend is and- Isn't that the Serpentine leader with a fake beard?" She pointed to their left.

"WHAT?!" Starlight shouted in alarm and turned to see Pythor drinking some wine next to a couple looking at him weirdly.

"Who’s that beard fooling?!" Starlight asked. "We'll talk later, Trixie. I need to warn the others." She then run off to do so. Meanwhile, the boys were wearing tuxedos with their ties being the color of their ninja outfits while Gaia was pacing around in one of her mother’s dresses.

"When is this auction going to start?!" She complained. "I like to get out of here since yesterday!"

"Gaia, keep it together!" Flash told her, "We just need keep up appearances until Twilight wins the Key in the Auction."

"Yeah, it's not like nopony else will try and bid on the key." Thunder told her before Starlight ran up to them.

"Guys, we have a big problem! Look who's here too!" She told them before she pointed to where Pythor was and saw he was eating a whole tray of food.

"Really, who is he trying to fool with that fake beard?" Trail asked with a raised brow.

"Let's take care of him." Landrush said as he cracked his hooves before Flash stopped him.

"If he wanted to steal the key, he would have turned invisible and done it by now." Flash pointed out. "He is out in the open without back up, so he's probably going to bid on the key. For now, stay alert and keep an eye out."

Gaia groaned, Finally at the end of her rope, "Oh this just perfect! Not only do have go out into this snoozeville of a party, wearing this stupid dress but now we have worry about Pythor stealing the key we should've stolen in the first place instead of me pretending to be some stupid, wimpy, upper class lady to come to this stupid auction to save this stupid mansion! When this all over I'm going burn this dress and roll around in the biggest mud puddle ever and never come back here again!" She roared but then she noticed that Flash and the others suddenly winced and she scowled at them, "What?! I told you before that I hate being an fancy rich girl so it shouldn't be to big of a surprise!"

"G-Gaia?" A shocked voice said as Gaia jumped and paled, knowing who that voice was.

"Oh, me and my big mouth." Gaia mumbled as she turned to see her mother looking shocked by what she heard.

"I was about to ask you to join me for my opening announcement, but now I learn you care nothing about us losing our family home and planning to roll around in the filth and mud." Rose told her with a bit of hurt in her voice. "I want explanation this instant young lady."

Gaia gulped and slowly walked up to her mom, "M-mom, please you have to understand, I just, I know this is the life you wanted for me and I do admit it had it's perks but it wasn't the life for me." She before looking into her mother's eyes, "Instead I found a new life, a life where I could just be Wild and have fun without worrying about being something I'm not, and that life..."

She then did spinjitzu and changed into her Ninja gi as Rose gasped in shock, "...is the life of a ninja. And unless we get that key, someone else is going to use it to unleash something terrible upon Equestria." She then approached her mom while placing a hoof on her shoulder, "I know you must be mad at me for saying all that stuff and choosing a dirty life, but I hope you'll understand that this is what I truly want,"

Rose looked at her daughter in disgust and disappointment. "I'm not upset that chose rolling around in the dirt over a cleansy and proper life Gaia," she said curtly, looking away from Gaia.

"Your not?" Gaia said with a hopeful smile but it turned into a frown as her mother turned to her with a scowl.

"I'm disappointed that after all this time that I've taught you, in the time we've known each other, I thought the one lesson you would have remembered is the importance of dignity, responsibility and honesty! And will not have any child of mine who cares so little about our family be a part of the auction we need to save our home!" Rose told her before she marched up on stage, Leaving Gaia devastated in her wake. The others gave Gaia a comforting pat on her back before she sighed and slumped away.

Rose then walked up on stage and stood in front of microphone. "Fillies and gentlecolts, may I have your attention please." She spoke in the microphone. Everypony stopped what they were doing and draw their attention to her. "Before we start the auction, I like to think everypony for coming here tonight. I've lived in Maretonia my whole life and I appreciate your support in helping save my family's home that has stood for centuries." Everypony clapped at her thankfulness while Pythor rolled his eyes and Gaia looked down with regret, knowing how much this mansion meant to her family. "And I would also like to thank a staillon for coming here tonight. The nephew of Princess Celestia, Prince Blueblood." Blueblood walked up on stage and everypony clapped, except for the ninjas and the Main Six.

"Thank you everypony, it must truly be an honor for you all do be graced with my presence in your cute little town," Blueblood said, stoking his ego as the boys rolled their eyes and Gaia gagged. "But now, let us see Madam Rose can sell enough of this little rusty old trinkets to keep this lovely mansion of hers, now bring out the first item," With that the bidding began.

The first item that was brought out was the key for the ninjas needed and Pythor wanted. "Our first item is a serpent key my father found on an expedition while exploring the eastern jungles." Rose announced. "Let's start the bidding at 100 bits."

"110." A pony called out.

"115." Another called.

"125!" Pythor yelled.

"130!" Twilight went next.

"150!" Pythor counter offer.

"165!" Twilight went again and won't let him have it.

Pretty soon it was just Pythor and Twilight going at it as the others watched them go at it.

"Whoa, the prices are really going up!" Landrush said as the amount on the board kept on increasing.

"Good thing Twilight has access to the royal treasury other wise we'd be in big trouble!" Spike commented. Flash then felt something was off before he looked up and saw a few Serpentine crawling on the ceiling and making their way to the stage where the key is.

"We got trouble." Flash whispered to them as he pointed up.

The others looked up, and saw the snakes moving towards the key. And then they understood, "Why that no good, purple tailed, longnecked varmint! He's using the bidding as a diversion!" Applejack said.

"We got to stop them." Thunder said before they heard a stallion clear his throat. They turned to see Gentle Serve holding the case that holds their weapons.

"Your golden weapons, sirs." He opened the case up to them.

"How did you?" Trail tried to ask before Gentle Serve gave them a wry grin.

"How do you think I was able find out Ms. Gaia other life?" he asked. The boys looked at each other in confusion.

"Butlers," they said with a shrug before taking their weapons.

"You guys take care of them, I will watch over my mom." Gaia told them, "It may be my only way to make it up to her," as they nodded in agreement. The boys then got into position as the bidding went on.

"250!" Pythor shouted.

"325!" Twilight declared, hoping Pythor would give up this time. Pythor was about to call another bid until he saw his Serpentine coming into position. He smirked, knowing there was no need to continue.

"Going once, going twice," Blueblood called, but received silence and nodded, "Sold! To Princess Twilight Sparkle for 325!" the crowd applauded while Twilight stood up, and walked up to the stage, while blew a raspberry at Pythor who just continued smirking.

"Why are you looking so happy?" Twilight asked him. "I won the key, fair and square."

"And I will take it, fair and square!" Pythor declared before he called up, "Boys!"

At that signal the Serpent dropped down scaring the guests, "AHHH! Snakes!" Blueblood screamed.

Some of the Serpentine made to the stage and tried to grab the Key, "Stay away from that you slimy reptiles!" Rose warned before something green zipped past her.

"NINJA, GO!" Gaia shouted as she did Spinjitzu and knocked a few of them off the stage before she kicked one of them in the face. "You wish to be sore losers under my family house, you ruffians? Well, you can be bruised losers as well!" Gaia shouted, unknowningly using her fancy voice as she ready her sais for the fight.

Rose was amazed by her daughter's skills that she almost missed her talking to her, "Mother, you and Blueblood, get the key to safe location and escape while you can! My friends and I will handle these slithering tresspassers!" She said.

Rose shook her head and nodded, "Oh y-yes, of course dear!" She said before grabbing the key. More Serpentine fell from the ceiling as frightened ponies run for their lives. The ninjas and the Main Six work together to fight back against them to keep the ponies safe and keep the Serpentine away from the key.

A scared Blueblood was surrounded by a few of them before Gaia jumped in and Spinjitzu them back. "Oh would you just staillon up already, you baby!" Gaia told the prince still with her fancy accent. "Right now is no time for you to act like a frightened foal! It's time for you to stand tall and stop being a spoiled child you are!" She then used her sais to block an attack from them before striking back.

"But what can I do agenst these revolting things?!" Blueblood asked before he heard a mare scream in fear. He turned his head to see Trixie pinned down by a Constrictai while a Fangpyre was ready to bite her neck. "GET AWAY FROM HER!!" He snapped as he blast magic beams at them and knocked them away from Trixie.

Gaia smirked while Blueblood was amazed at what he did, "Well, you could certainly do that dear." she commented before Blueblood grinned and nodded to her as they both rush back into the fray. Gaia soon found herself back to back with Flash.

"Hey, remember when all six of us first met at the monastery?" Flash asked her as he looked at the table next to them with a few plates on it. "I defended myself with plates when we fought in the dinning room." he then pointed to the plates at the table. Gaia caught what he meant and smirked.

"Marvelous idea Flash!" Gaia said as she zoomed to the tables collecting the plates and handing some to Flash.

The two started using the plates to block the Serpentine's attacks and then started flinging them at the snakes. One plate hit a Hypnobrai in the face, another hit a Fangpyre in the gut and as a Venomari laughed at them, a third plate hit him where the sun doesn't shine and he felt to the floor.

Once they were done, Gaia laughed, "Haha, Splendid job dear Flash, well done!" she congratulated.

Flash raised a brow at Gaia , "Gaia I thought your fancy speaking was just an act?" he asked.

"It was, you have no idea how horridly hard it was to hold up that façade." Gaia told him with a frown.

"Then how your speaking it so fluently now?" Flash asked.

Gaia was about retort when she just realized she was speaking in her upper class accent the entire battle. She placed a hoof to her throat in shock, "My word, so I have!" she said.

"And I never could be more proud!" Rarity called out as she was tying a few Serpentine up with a bow.

Gaia thought for a moment before smiling, "I suppose I can still keep some of upper class instincts while still living my wild and messy lifestyle, I just hope my mother will agree," she said before realizing something, "Wait a moment, where is mother?" she looked around.

And then they noticed the Rose wasn't the only one missing, "And where's Pythor?" Thunder asked.

They then heard a scream and turned to the doorway and saw just outside Pythor had knocked Rose over and snatched the key, while laughing. "Mother!" Gaia cried as she saw the Serpentine Wreaking Ball rolling in.

"Oh, not that thing again!" Rainbow groaned.

Pythor turned to the driver before calling to his troops, "Come along chaps! We have what came for!" He ordered as the Serpentine filed out the Mansion, "Next stop, the Second Fangblade!" The Serpentine Wreaking Ball gave one powerful swing at the mansion, making the front part of the building fall down before rolling away with the other Serpentine.

Rose saw some of the rubble about to fall on her, she tried to move away but was too paralyzed by fear to move. Gaia saw this and saw that mansion, the house that she spent her entire life growing up and that her mother tried so desperately to save starting to fall apart. She then frowned in determination before zipping over to her mother.

"No! I will not allow our family's home to crumble down like this! I will not hide who I truly am anymore! I am Gaia Boral of the Boral Family and I live for beauty and freedom!" Gaia declared as she spun her sais, as her eyes and her Sais of Life glowed. Then in a flash of green light Gaia was surround by leaves and vines, floating upwards.

Rose looked at her daughter in shock, "Gaia?" she whispered. The others turned to where Gaia was and soon realized what was happening.

"Gaia's found her true Potential!" Fluttershy said with smile as Gaia maniplated the trees and vines to stop Mansion from falling as they released sticky sap to fill in the cracks and before long the Mansion looked like new, even with some plants vines growing around.

Gaia stopped glowing before she dropped down into her mother's hooves. She groaned, feeling very drained before she looked at her mother smiling, "Gaia, that was the most magnificent spectacle I had ever seen!" Rose praised.

Gaia smiled tiredly before she frowned and looked at her mother, "Mother, I am truly and deeply sorry for my terrible words and for deceiving you for so long, I was afraid that if you learned I enjoyed rolling about in the mud and lived a life of danger and getting dirty, you may no longer see me as you daughter." she apologized.

Rose was surprised at first before she smiled and tilted Gaia's head to her, "Gaia, while living a life where you are thrown into danger and filthiness is no life for a High class young mare, after seeing of beautifully you fought back there, I can say it is the life a young mare like you," She said before giving a gentle smile, "And don't think that just because you like getting messy means I won't stop seeing and loving you. You are my beautiful little filly and I will love you no matter what life you choose."

Gaia made a squiggly smile as tears built up in her eyes, "Oh, I love you too mother!" The two hugged each other, rekindling their relationship. The others smiled at the scene while some like Rarity, Fluttershy, and Aqua had tears, while Pinkie was bawling out happy tears. Landrush was smiling too, but it turned a bit guilty as he knew Gaia wasn't the only who wasn't honest about their life.

The next day, everypony were having breakfast in the dinning room as Trixie and Blueblood explained that they are now a couple. "So after you two met in Canterlot, you both bonded over how you both can get modest?" Twilight asked them.

"Something like that." Trixie said as she hold hooves with Blueblood. "We just sorta happen."

"Yes, and the reason why I came here was not just for the auction but to also apologize." Blueblood admitted. "I want to apologize to Rarity for not being a gentlecolt when I should have, and I like to apologize to Rose and give back what's rightfully hers."

Rose smiled and nodded accepting his apology while Rarity glanced her eyes back and forth a bit, humming to herself, "Mmm, well I suppose I should be a proper lady and forgive you," she said as Blueblood smiled in relief before Rarity slugged him in the face, "But I suppose I should be a bit of a tough girl and give you that!"

Blueblood rubbed his nose and took in stride, "Alright, I probably deserved that." he said as Gaia laughed.

"Wonderful performance, Rarity, Bravo!" Gaia said, now fully using her fancy accent, "And I for one look forward to finally speaking the upper class tongue with much more comfort from now onwards,"

"Hey, now that Gaia is little more fancy rich girl now, maybe she won't be so tough on us anymore." Thunder said to Trail before Gaia threw one of her sais between them as she smirked at them. "Or... maybe not."

"I suppose she's a little bit of both now," Starlight commented as they laughed again.

"I'm glad to hear that daughter." Rose told her, giving her a quick peck on the cheek. "And I'm sorry they took the key, but I have a feeling they won't get the next Fangblade." Everypony looked at each other when she said that.

"What do you mean Ms.Boral?" Cozy asked her.

"What I mean is, I know where this fangblade the two keys are meant to unlock is," She explained, "But from what my father told me, the Fangblade hasn't been in that temple for years."

"WHAAAATT??!" They all shouted in shock.

Chapter 11: The Royal Blacksmiths

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Chapter 13: All of Nothing

Along the dark streets of Manehatten, a Venomari is running away from something as she looked back and hissed. She ran until something, or somepony, emerged from the mist. Frost stepped out with his Shurikens before he threw them on the ground and froze the area around them.

The Venomari then ran in another direction while slipping on the ice but was halted when a ball of electric energy flowed down a telephone pole. Thunder then appeared in flash and swung his Nunchucks at the Serpentine, sending bolts of lightning at her.

The Venomari ducked and tried to run into an alley but yelped and covered her face as a powerful wind blew right at her. Marching out of the alley was Flash, spinning his Bo from hoof to hoof before opening his wings and slamming his weapon down to send another gust of wind that nearly knocked the Venomari off her feet.

She then tried her luck for a fourth time, only to get blocked again when large leafy vines grew down in front of her, unfurling themselves to reveal Gaia. She jabbed her Sais into the ground making more vines to attack the Venomari.

The Venomari tried once more to run away into an alley but then tripped over some crates and realized the alley was a dead end AND that Trail who was surrounded in a swirl of fire, swinging his Sword to extinguish them, was waiting for her.

The Venomari got back up and ran right into Landrush, and fell flat on her back.

"Going somewhere?" Landrush asked as the others joined him and Trail, gathering around the Serpentine.

"Now that we have your undivided attention," Gaia started as the six then pointed their weapons at the snake.

"Uh-oh," the Venomari said as she was held at weapon point.

"Thought you could joyride through town and not be noticed, huh?" Thunder asked before holding his weapon closer to their captive. "Where's the last Fangblade?!"

"I… don't know what you’re talking about?" The Venomari played dumb.

"You know what it is: The fourth Fangblade!" Trail told her.

"We already know you have three of them, so obviously that’s what you're after now," Landrush pointed out. After they rescued Lloyd from the Volcano, they learned through Pinkie's Pinkie Sense that Pythor had recovered the third Fangblade that had somehow survived in the lava.

"And when Pythor find the last one, he plans to awaken the Great Devourer!" Flash told her as he narrowed his eyes. "So, talk! Where is it?"

"Oh. That Fangblade," the Venomari said before she chuckled. "You're too late. Pythor'sss already there now. He'sss probably already digging it up." The Ninja looked at each other with concern when she told them. "If I were you, I'd ssstart preparing for the worssst, because when the Great Devourer isss awakened, there will be nothing it won't consssume!" She declared.

"You do realize that means it'll consume you too?" Frost asked her.

"Huh? What do you mean?" The Venomari looked startled and confused by the question.

"Show her the book," Flash suggested before Thunder pulled out the book that held the truth about The Great Devourer and held it in front of the Venomari. After a quick read of the page shown to her, both realization and fear appeared on her face.

"AHH! Pleassse! You have to ssstop him! That sssnake is crazy! I don't wanna unleash the Great Devourer!" She pleaded, her allegiance to Pythor having changed after the horrifying revelation. "I'm a sssnake! Not food!"

"Is it really too late to stop Pythor from getting the last Fangblade?" Gaia asked her, to make sure she was not lying.

The Venomari whimpered as she nodded. "Y-You’re daysss behind him! There'sss gotta be ssssomething elssse you can do!"

The Ninja turned to each other; they were in a very grim spot now.

The Ninja returned to the bounty where they told the others on the bridge about the news they have just learned. The computer showed the location of where Pythor is digging up the last Fangblade.

"The Venomari's right," Aqua confirmed. "By the time we cast sail clear across to the other side of Equestria, Pythor will have already beat us to the last Fangblade."

"Oh, come on, guys. This is the last one," Thunder spoke up. "We gotta get it."

"But even if we do get there, by the time we do, Pythor will have left for the City of Ouroboros to awaken the Devourer," Starlight reminded him.

"That's it, then? We're doomed?" Applejack asked.

"Come on guys, we gotta think of something," Spike said desperately.

"Maybe we could head to Ouroboros instead, and try to ambush them?" Rainbow suggested as they all started brainstorming.

"Hey…" Cozy Glow spoke up as everyone turned to her and Lloyd. "Maybe we're going about this the wrong way."

"Yeah. All we need to do is get just one Fangblade to stop them," Lloyd started. "So, what if we took back the other three they've already taken?"

Cozy Glow nodded. "Yeah. Think about it: Pythor wouldn't risk having the other Fangblades on him. He's probably hidden them somewhere while he goes for the fourth."

"Of course… It's so simple," Twilight said when they all realized it was.

"Why didn't any of us think of it before?" Rainbow complained.

"It can't be that easy… can it?" Thunder pointed out.

"‘Easy’? My algorithms suggest taking the other three would be far more dangerous," Frost informed them. "Pythor would undoubtedly have them protected by his top generals."

"Which means, we don't have to hold back," Flash said as he cracked his hooves.

"Even if you could steal the other three, you don't even know where they are," Garmadon reminded them.

"He's right. For the past few weeks, there have been no signs of the Serpentine in any of the kingdoms," Celestia noted. "How are they moving around? It's like they’re ghosts."

Fluttershy then got an idea. "…Or snakes! Bridge, give us a sonar sweep of Equestria for Serpentine… Um, if you don't mind?" she asked politely.

The computer did a scan of the map but found no traces of Hypnobrai, Fangpyre, Constrictai, Venomari or Pythor.

"See? Nothing. It's just like sensei said," Trail told Fluttershy.

"What's the point of that, Fluttershy?" Flash asked.

"What if they aren't traveling above ground? They're snakes, and snakes burrow," Fluttershy told them.

"I see where you're heading," Aqua said, now understanding her reasoning. "Bridge, give us a sonar sweep of Equestria, but twenty feet below surface.”

The computer beeped as it projected a three-dimensional image of Equestria, showing a vast network of underground tunnels, and strangely off, the tunnels having been connected to the five Serpentine Tombs.

"I don't believe it," Gaia gasped.

"All the tombs and major locations around Equestria have interconnected," Trail said.

"It's a network of tunnels that runs under every kingdom," Luna added.

"And in the center, one big underground fortress," Landrush finished.

"That's how they got around so swiftly and silently," Rarity gasped out.

"And all this time, right under our muzzles," Thunder said.

"Or rather, hooves," Frost joked.

"Now that we know what’s really under us, then according to this map… that's the most protected area," Twilight said as she pointed out a large underground chamber from where all the tunnels connected, filled with Serpentine readings. "The Fangblades must be held there."

"Then what are we waiting for? Aqua, set the course," Wu ordered.

"Already on it," she said as she programmed the coordinates. "We'll be there by sun up." The Destiny's Bounty then made their way to the Serpentine stronghold to get the three Fangblades and stop them.

Soon, as the sun began to rise, the Ninja were training on deck as Sensei Wu drilled them on how to deal with each of the Serpentine.

"There is no room for error. The Serpentine have shown that they have great powers, and to combat them, you must turn their greatest strengths into their greatest weaknesses," Wu informed them as he turned to Trail. "Trail, how will you defeat the Hypnobrai?"

"Their hypnotizing powers are useless, if their opponent can fight without relying on his eyes." Trail answered as he pulled down a blindfold over his eyes and swung his Sword around.

"Good," Wu said before he looked at Flash and Thunder. "Thunder and Flash, the Fangpyre is fast and his bite sharp... "

"But if he can't bite into you... " Thunder started, tapping his armored foreleg.

"... Or can't even touch you," Flash added, zipping from one side to the other.

"He can't turn you into one!" they finished in unison, before hoof-bumping each other.

"Yes. Landrush and Gaia, the Constrictai are strong," Wu told them before he pressed up on a remote and the two got ensnared by nets, "and they will not let go."

"But instead of fighting back…" Landrush grunted as he began to loosen himself.

"One should try to loosen up…" Gaia finished for him as they both wriggled free, "with as much grace as possible," she said tossing her hair.

"Plus… a bit of soft-shoe doesn't hurt either," Landrush added tapping his hooves on his net.

"Frost, the venom of the Venomari can make you see things," Wu told him. "Cloud your perception."

"Then I will use my new Falcon Vision," Frost said as his eyes glowed blue, as well as his Falcon's eyes, allowing him to see an aerial view of his surroundings.

"Very good," Wu said. "I have trained you well. You are all ready."

"What about you, sensei? Will you fight?" Flash asked him. "We need all the help we can get."

"My concern is that my old bones cannot keep up, but I will be there in spirit," Wu told his pupils.

"We're arriving at the Mountain of a Million Steps," Aqua told them over the PA. "You all might want to see this."
The mountain came into view and they could see the steps have been covered up with piles of dirt when they all look to the side.

"Look at all those piles of dirt." Thunder pointed out.

"They must have done this so nopony could get in." Twilight theorized.

"Which means, we're in the right place." Applejack said as the Bounty pulled up next to the mountain.

"What are you snakes up to?" Flash asked.

"Wait for us!" Lloyd said as he, Cozy Glow, and the Young Six rushed down the stairs.

"We're coming too!" Cozy Glow said.

"Yeah, we want some action too!" Smolder said, pumping her fist with a smirk.

Celestia however stepped in front of them. "This is not your fight, young ones," she said as the eight children looked disappointed. "The Light Ninja's too important for a future destiny," she place a hoof on Lloyd's shoulder.

Luna then turned Cozy and the Young Six. "And as the chosen representatives of your kingdoms, you all are too valuable to be put at such risk," she told them.

"So, you all will stay here with me," Wu instructed them.

"Aww!" the Young Eight whined.

Suddenly, Aqua then flew in in her mech before landing gently on deck. "Well, they're gonna have to look after each other, because we made room for you." she told Wu as she pointed towards a seat on the mech’s shoulders.

"Well, you said you were concerned that you couldn't keep up, so Thunder and Aqua rejiggered the design so you could come along," Trail explained. "Well, what do you think?"

"I think... " Wu start before he popped on the seat. "Shotgun! Ha-ha!"

Garmadon then walked up to the deck. "I will stay back with Lloyd and the young ones," He said before shaking his head and looking towards his 'temporary' allies. "I don't enjoy saying this but... good luck."

They all turned to leave, but Twilight pulled Sandbar close before she left. "I want you kids to keep a sharp eye on Garmadon while we're gone," she whispered as she glanced at Garmadon suspiciously. "Just in case."

Sandbar nodded as Twilight left the ship and down to the Mountain of a Million Steps.

The group then went in the hole to the tomb of the Constrictai to find that the place having multiple cracks in the walls. "I thought you said this place would be heavily guarded, Frost," Thunder whispered when they reached the bottom.

"Forgive me. Even Nindroids make mistakes," Frost told him.

"Then where are they?" Rainbow asked

Landrush then noticed something. "Hey look at this."

They all looked over to the wall and saw goofy drawings of the Ninja and Mane 6 with a mustache on one of them.

"Pfft. That doesn't even look like me," Thunder said.

"Ah, they're gonna pay for that," Trail grunted.

"When I get my hooves on those snakes!" Rarity snarled as she took it personally the most.

"I mean, at least give me a decent mustache," Landrush said before he tried to wipe the dust off the drawing of the mustache on him. When he did, he accidentally pushed it, causing a secret door to open up in front of him. "Uh… I meant to do that."

They all then went down the secret corridor to find the three Fangblades, with Starlight rolling her eyes. "Sure, you did," she dryly remarked as they all entered the hidden cavern, looking down to see a huge room filled with Serpentine. They could overhear the four Serpentine Generals discussing the latest affairs.

"So, what happenssss when the Great Devourer is unleashed?" the Fangpyre General asked his fellow generals. "Will it really consssume everything?"

"I hope so, if only to teach the other creaturesss of Equessstria a lesson for locking usss underground for ssso many yearsss," the Constrictai General said.

"Who knowsss if the legend is true?" the Venomari General spoke up. "I, for one, am curiousss to see what happensss."

Skales then approached his fellow Generals. "Keep alert, Pythor should be back sssoon."

"There's too many to deal with all at once," Trail said.

"Then we travel by shadow," Twilight suggested.

"I'm right behind you," Aqua said.

"And I'm right behind you," Wu added. They all started sneaking down the stairs as Wu enjoyed a cup of tea.

Back on the Bounty, the Young Eight walked into the bridge to find Garmadon typing something on the computer. On the screen look to be Blueprints and schematics for mechs and other things. "Transferring files," the computer said.

"Ah! You're stealing?" Lloyd asked his dad in shock as Garmadon gasped.

"Why are the rest of us not surprised?" Gallus asked in sarcasm.

"Dad, my friends and the princesses are risking their lives to save Equestria, and you go behind their backs to gain an advantage?" Lloyd asked in disappointment.

"I'm sorry, but I can't help it," Garmadon explained with guilt. "Ever since the Devourer bit me, evil runs through my blood."

"We know, our professors told us," Ocellus told him.

Lloyd looked at his father with sadness. "You left me for so long. Where did you go?" He asked his father why he abandoned him.

Garmadon sighed. "Son, there are places beyond this world void of any good or Harmony," he said, looking down at his forehooves. "Dark places."

"Is that where Celestia, Luna and Wu found you?" Cozy glow asked.

"You children know how I've always wanted those Golden Weapons," Garmadon asked them, as he raised up his hooves and spread his wings. "Well, that place gave me the power to possess them."

"But why didn't you take me with you?" Lloyd asked him.

Garmadon looked at him with a sad smile. "Every child has a choice to grow up to be whoever they want to be. But I never had that choice. Because I was bitten, evil runs through my veins." He frowned as he knelt to his son's level and placed a hoof his shoulder. "But you still have a choice. You don't need to be like me, Lloyd. Because you have the one thing I never had at your age: friends."

Lloyd turned to Cozy Glow and Young Six as they smiled at him before he turned back to his father. "Your uncle and the Royal Sisters have a plan for you, and even though it may be to stop me one day, we have to follow our own destiny,” he said before standing up and looking away. "And after I help the Ninja stop Pythor, I'll need to leave again."

"Then why don't you just leave now?!" Lloyd shouted at him, shocking him and his friends.

"Lloyd--"

"No, really!" he interrupted his father. "Go back to wherever evil place you came from!"

"All right, Operation Stealth was a total bust!" Aqua said over the radio. "We're gonna need reinforcements! Anypony there?!" Garmadon was about to answer before Lloyd stopped him.

"We don't want your help, and we don't need you here!" he told his father. "Maybe it would have been better if you hadn't come back at all." He turned his back towards him.

Garmadon looked heartbroken as turned and left. “If-if that's how you feel," he remarked, clearly upset, before turning to the Young Seven on his way out. "Take care of my boy," he told them.

Lloyd turned to computer and frantically pressed the keys. “I'm trying to help, Aqua! Just hold on!"

"Oh, what do we do, what do we do?!" Silverstream asked as she tried tapping on the keys too.

Garmadon gave one last look to his son and the Young Seven before he left.

Back with the others, lines of Serpentine were traveling down on the chains as the Ninja’s cover had been blown. "Lloyd, Sandbar, Ocellus? Can anycreature hear me?!" Aqua asked but got no response.

"Forget them. We need to fight back," Wu said as he poured his tea onto a Serpentine climbing on the mech.

"Ninja, show them what you've learned!" Celestia ordered as they all went at it.

Landrush and Gaia were the wrapped up by the Constrictai General.

"Always wanted to make you my main squeeze,” he said to the two, flirting towards Gaia.

"I'm... flattered... but I must say... you’re quite good looking... yourself," Gaia shot back with a wink as the General looked nervous, his coils starting to give way a bit.

As Gaia distracted him, Landrush started to loosen up. "Must relax…" he said quickly. "Think loose..." Soon, he and Gaia managed to slip out of his coils.

"What?!" The General asked in shock.

"Triple Tiger Sashay!" Landrush called out before he flipped and kicked the general on the head before jumping off a Serpentine with his front hoof and then head butt a Venomari as to knock all three down.

"Don't feel too bad, but I prefer muscleheads to Serpentine," Gaia said to the trounced General.

Meanwhile, Trail was dealing with the Hypnobrai General. "You're sssurrounded, young fire ssstarter," Skales taunted as he and a few Serpentine had Trail surrounded. "Perhapsss you can now do our bidding," he remarked as he began to use his hypnotic gaze on him.

"Ugh. Must not look!" Trail told himself as he quickly closed his eyes. "NINJA, GO!" He used his Spinjitzu with his eyes closed, attacking each Serpentine surrounding him. "I wish I could see me now, because you all just got ‘Trail Blazed’!" he declared after knocking them all back and he stopped.

Meanwhile Flash and Thunder were fighting off some Fangpyre as the General snuck behind them. The right head tried to bite Flash but he dodged him. Meanwhile, the left head tried to bite Thunder, but instead bit his armored foreleg. "AAHHH!!" he screamed in pain as he nursed his mouth.

"What, don't like the taste of defeat?" Thunder mocked him as he tapped his armor.

Flash then rammed the General, knocking him away. "Well, get used to it! Because it's all you can eat!" he added. Aqua dropped down with Twilight.

"Nice job boys," Twilight flirted to Flash.

"Looking good," Aqua flirted to Thunder as well.

Thunder swooned. "Thanks you look great too," he said.

Flash smirked. "You weren't too shabby yourself," he flirted back.

"Don't mean to address the lovebirds, but we do have Fangblades to capture!" Frost called out from the bottom as he fended off some Serpentine. A Venomari then spit its venom into his eyes. Frost began to hallucinate the Serpentine as vegetables and fruit. He turned to see his friends rushing to aid him but saw them as food too.

Frost managed to remain calm, calling for his trump card. "Switching to Falcon Vision!" he called out as his Falcon watched the battle from above, allowing Frost to see everything from above to guide his fighting.

Pretty soon the group were pushing back the Serpentine and in the center of the room they found what they were looking for.

"The Fangblades!" Fluttershy said, seeing them held by a staff on a pedestal with green mist emitting from it.

"Flash, go get them while we have this chance!" Twilight called out as she blasted a few Serpentine back.

"It would be an honor!" Flash shouted before he charged right for them. Before he could get close, a claw shot up from the ground and grabbed his hoof. "Aah! It's a trap!" he warned the others before a cage got them by surprise.

They soon heard laughter as they turned to see Pythor with his scouting party, and worst of all… with the final Fangblade. "Come, come, can this get any better? Seriously, they fell right into my trap," he boasted and turned to his troops. "Well done, my friends. Now with the Ninja, the Princesses of Equestria, and their pathetic allies now in our clutches, Equestria is poised for us to awaken the Great Devourer and take our revenge!"

The Serpentine cheered as Twilight tried to make a last-ditch effort to make them see reason. "Please! Listen to me! There's something you must know about the Great Devourer! It's true that the Great Devourer was your ancestors' greatest weapon, but it was also their greatest mistake!" she called out to them as they listened to her in confusion. "The Great Devourer grew so large and powerful that it didn't just stop at consuming the Serpentine’s enemies. It also threatened to consumed the Serpentine as well! It couldn't be controlled anymore! If you use the Fangblades to awaken it, you won't conquer Equestria with it! You'll destroy it, along with yourselves!"

The Serpentine started talking amongst themselves wondering if she was telling the truth. Pythor saw this and grew very angry. "Are you all honestly going to believe someone who fought us at every turn?!" he shouted. "They'll do or say anything to escape the punishment they and the rest of the surface world rightfully deserve for imprisoning us in those tombs!! And the Great Devourer is the key to giving them just that!"

That seemed to encourage the Serpentine to believe Pythor as the Anacondrai smirked. Twilight slumped in defeat as the cage was lifted up.

"Oh, this isn't good," Trail groaned. "Where's Lloyd and the kids when you need them?"

The young Seven and Lloyd were continuing to try to get the computer working until Lloyd ran out of the room. "Where are you going?!" Sandbar called out.

"Forget him! If he's not going, then just let him leave!" Smolder shouted as they looked at her with surprised looks on their faces as they all shouted "What?!"

"Why do you hate Lloyd?" Ocellus asked.

"I don't hate him... or maybe I do... I can't explain it, but when I'm near him I can feel my blood boiling!" Smolder told them, as she honestly wasn't sure where that hostility came from either. "It's like something inside him that I don't like!"

"Because he's the son of the Dark Lord?" Gallus asked her.

"No, it's something else!" Smolder grunted. "Like a part of him that my whole dragon kind have hated for like centuries!"

"Oh golly. Well, whatever it is, you shouldn't let it ruin your friendship with him," Cozy Glow told her.

Smolder sighed. “I guess you’re right. Besides I should show him some respect since he's-"

But before she could finish, Lloyd burst into the room looking proud and wearing the Light Ninja Gi, but with the sleeves and pant legs folded up to fit him. "The Light Ninja is here to save the day!" he declared.

"Oh brother... " Smolder rolled her eyes as Lloyd made his way over and puts up his ninja hood.

"Lloyd? Cozy? Smolder? Lord Garmadon? Is anypony there?" Aqua called out over the radio. They finally figured out how to respond as Lloyd spoke up.

"It's us Aqua, we're here! But my dad left." He told her.

"How ponies holding up?" Yona asked.

Back in the underground fortress, the Ninja, Mane 6, Spike, Celestia, Luna, Aqua and Wu were trapped still trapped in the cage but had all their weapons, armor and even Aqua's suit stripped from them and chained up. "Aqua? Hello?" Lloyd spoke through the mech but there was some static.

Aqua threw a rock at the mech as its comm was working again. "We're fine, but we're a little held up at the moment," she said.

"In more ways than one," Spike quipped.

"Our weapons have been taken, and we're locked in a cage!" Gaia explained.

"And Pythor's returned with the fourth Fangblade," Landrush explained.

"That's not good," Gallus said through the comm.

"Lloyd, where did your father go?" Frost asked the colt.

"I told him to leave," Lloyd answered. "He was trying to steal secrets."

"Ha. Big surprise there," Trail said sarcastically. "I told you about that guy, but you guys wouldn't listen."

"I told them to keep an eye on him, if it makes you feel better,” Twilight told Trail.

"Garmadon is going back to where he came from," Ocellus told them.

"But don't worry, we'll save you!" Lloyd assured them.

"You are not ready, Lloyd," Wu told him with concern. "The children’s and your destinies are too great to risk."

"I hate to tell this Sensei, but if we don't get out of here before Pythor unleashes the Great Devourer, it may be the end of all our destinies!" Applejack reminded him.

"Don't worry, we'll get you out of there in a jiffy!" Cozy promised as she and the other kids went to the weapon cabinet to takes some gear. But the moment they grabbed something, all the weapon fell on top of them.

"Ouch." Lloyd moaned.

"… This might take a while." Sandbar said.

Silverstream then had a thought. "Hang on! It may be just me… but shouldn't we have Ninja suits of our own too?" She asked as the Young Eight looked at each other.

In the underground fortress, all the Serpentine were cheering as they finally have all the Fangblades. "Together, we have taken back the four Fangblades!" Pythor announced as he put the Fangblade he retrieved with the other three held on the staff. "When we return them to the city of Ouroboros, together we will unleash the Great Devourer! And then with it, we will march upon Canterlot, overthrow the monarchy, and at long last, take control! Today Equestria, tomorrow… the world!" All the Serpentine cheered as the heroes watched on in horror. Pythor held up all four blades in triumph. "To the city of Ouroboros!!" he declared before a Constrictai walked up to him.

"Forgive me sssir, but we ssspent so much time digging thisss underground fortresss underneath the kingdomsss’ very feet, it would be a ssshame not to ussse it a little bit more," he pointed out.

"At leasssst let usss celebrate in capturing the ninjasss and their friendsss,” the Venomari General suggested.

Skales leaned over to Pythor. "Give them thisss victory today, and tomorrow we shall return the Fangbladesss to Ouroborosss," he whispered to him.

"Fine! But I don't want anyone to let down their guard, you hear me?!" he ordered quietly as he did not want to give the Ninja any leeway in an escape. He then turned to his army. "Then tonight, we celebrate our victory, with a Slither Pit!!"

The Serpentine cheered and drew their weapons as two at a time took center stage for the fights. The group either watched them from the change above, meditated while they waited, played a game of checkers with small stones or items from their pockets, or paced about the cage. "Ugh, so all we can do is just wait?" Trail granted as he was pacing around with Rainbow Dash.

"I know, right? This is killing me!" Rainbow complained.

"Patience. Lloyd and the young ones will figure out something," Wu told the two.

"We're putting all of our trust in a bunch of kids," Trail said, not sounding too happy about it. "Two of which are the son of the greatest villain Equestria has ever seen AND a problem child prodigy who tried to drain all the magic out of Equestria like a sponge. Uh, is anypony else having doubts about this plan?" He then walked over to the bars of the cage and reached out his hoof towards his Sword. "Just because we don't have our weapons, doesn't mean we can't use our powers. We just need to focus." He closed his eyes and tried to tap into his power.

"I’m sorry to disappoint you, but the chamber was built out of Vengestone," Celestia told Trail. “A very rare mineral that nullifies both magic and elemental power. Our abilities are rendered useless in here. Patience."

Twilight tried to ignite her horn, but she could not even get a spark. "Ugh, she's right. I got nothing," she relented.

Trail and Rainbow sighed and then glanced over to Thunder and Rarity's game of checkers, and noticed the bottle of mane oil as one of Rarity's pieces.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Rainbow asked Trail with a smirk. Trail smirked back and then grabbed the bottle.

"Hey, that mane oil was just about to be kinged!" Rarity complained.

"Yeah? Well, Rainbow and I are just about to get us out of here," Trail said as he poured some of the mane oil on his hoof before rubbing it on Rainbow Dash's belly.

"Whoa, greaseball!" Landrush shouted when he saw what Trail was doing before Rainbow did the same with him. "How about warning us before you both do that?"

"Uhh, you can make jokes all you want, but I don't think we need our magic or special powers to get out of here," Rainbow told him as she and Trail walked over to the bars.

"Just a little ingenuity," Trail said as he and Rainbow squeezed through the bars and slipped out.

"Whoa!" Spike gasped.

"They made it!" Thunder said.

"Well, I'll be!" Applejack said.

"Look at that!" Frost said.

"All right, slicksters," Gaia complimented, "but now what?"

"Now, we quietly do a little ball and chain," Trail whispered before he quietly reached for the nearest chain and pulled it towards him. They would watch as he and Rainbow put the chain around the bar of the cage before lowering themselves down. The Serpentine continued their Slither Pit as Trail and Rainbow went lower till they were close to the bottom.

"Let'sss change the game, shall we?!" A Fangpyre announced before he pulled a lever behind him and a large wheel in the center began to spin until it stopped at a symbol. "Vat of venom!" All the Serpentine cheered as the announcer pulled another switch and the center opened up, revealing a humongous pool of venom. "Next two fightersss!" A Hypnobrai and a Constrictai started to fight on the narrow way above the vat while Trail and Rainbow were still holding on to the chain.

"One, two, three, jump!" Rainbow said as she and trail jumped from chain to chain.

"It's working!" Aqua said.

"Keep going guys! You’re almost there!" Starlight said.

"Come on, everyone. Let's see if we can throw our weight around," Landrush said as they start running back and forth across the cage, rocking it to give momentum for Trail and Rainbow.

"Come on, more speed!" Thunder said as they kept on running. Little did any of them know that Pythor noticed both Trail and Rainbow were out of the cage and slithered off.

"Next one and we've got it," Trail whispers as they started to swing on the final chain. Once they swing far enough, they leaped off it and grabbed hold of the edge right where Pythor grabbed their hooves.

"Ah, ah, ah," he spoke to them with a smirk. "Trying to escape, are we?" Trail and Rainbow gave Pythor a nervous grin and a chuckle.

"Heh. I bet this looks kind of bad, doesn't it, huh?” Rainbow asked before they were placed back in the cage, and this time… all their necks had been chained to the bars so they could not try escaping again.

"Greaaat, we're in such a better place than we were before!" Applejack said sarcastically to Trail and Rainbow.

"And now we can't even play checkers," Frost lamented.

"And I was about to king you two! So, thank you ever so much for wasting a good bottle of mane oil!" Rarity exclaimed to the two pegasi.

"Now all we can do is wait," Flash pointed out.

Twilight turned to Wu, who along with Celestia and Luna seemed unbothered by their new predicament. "Don't worry Sensei. I have faith in the kids."

Back outside, the Young Seven managed to found the ninjas old uniforms and put them on. Gallus was wearing Flash's first Gi, Yona wearing Landrush's, Smolder in Trail's Dragon Master Gi, Ocellus wearing Gaia's old Gi, Sandbar wearing Frost's old Gi, Silverstream wearing Thunder's Dragon Master Gi, and Cozy wearing Thunder's old Gi.

"Ninja roll!" Lloyd said as he and the others rolled. "Flying Drag-Whoa!" He tripped as the others stopped before Lloyd stood back up. "Ninja-Recover!"

"Why are we doing all these moves again?" Gallus asked the others.

"Because it's fun!" Silversteam answered with a smile.

Cozy just shook her head. "Come on, we're almost at the top," she pointed out as they reached where the entrance was. "Ninja-Roll!" she commanded as they all rolled down towards the entrance.

"All right, ninjas! This is where we work together on freeing the others and getting those Fangblades!" Lloyd told them after getting up from the ground. "On ‘go’. Ready?" They each put their hooves and claws in the center of theirs.

"NINJA, GO!!" they all shouted as they break before they climbed down the rope.

Deep beneath the fortress, while the Serpentine celebrated, the heroes remained trapped in the cage, sitting in defeat. Suddenly, Trail noticed something out of the corner of his eye.

"Hey, look up there!" Trail told the others and then they saw the Young Eight peaking up from the ledge.

"It's the kids!" Flash said with smile as the others stood up.

"Oh, are you sure this is good idea?" Ocellus said, seeing all the Serpentine down there.

"Come Ocellus, we're the future of Equestria," Smolder reminded her. "We can take these Serpentine dorks."

"Yes, friends smash nasty Serpentine together!" Yona added, slamming her hooves together.

Cozy turned to Lloyd who looked worried. "Come on Lloyd, you’re the Light Ninja,” she encouraged him.

Lloyd smiled. "Yeah, I can do this!" he exclaimed before waving his friends. "Let's do this, guys!"

With that they charged down the stairs. Yona however tripped on a rock and stumble forward knocking the others down as they found down the ramp to the bottom. The Ninja and the others watched as the Young Eight were tumbling down to the bottom and we're grunting in pain the whole way down.

"OW!/OOF!/OUCH!/THAT ONE HURT!/OWIE!/OH MY LEG!" The Eight grunted as they bounced and tumbled down the slope.

The Serpentine were watching two of them in the Slither Pit before the Young Eight rolled past them before they stopped right in front of them. The Serpentine gasped in surprise and looked at each other before Lloyd and the others quickly stood up. "I really gotta grow into this thing," Lloyd groaned as he looked at his Gi.

"Yona sorry. Yona not watch where she step," she sheepishly admitted.

They then turned to Pythor. "Well, if we don't meet again, Pythor P. Chumsworth!" Lloyd declared dramatically as Pythor looked at them in surprise. "Unhoof the ninjas, the princesses, and the council of Friendship, or suffer humiliation against the Light Ninja and the Friendship Squad!" He and the other posed heroically before Pythor and the Serpentine erupted with laughter as if these kids were a joke.

"Oh, yeah?! You? And I don’t suppose you brought an army to help you?!" Pythor asked them, knowing none of them has anything to back them up.

The Young Eight looked around nervously, realizing they were severely outnumbered.

"Uh, we did… Our army of hooves, paws, and claws!" Gallus retorted as they started swinging their fore legs and arms wildly before they accidently kicked themselves. That only caused the Serpentine to laugh at them more… until a familiar voice spoke up. "Or this army!"

They all turned to see Lord Garmadon along with Shining Armor, Cadance, Trixie and the Skeleton Army on ledge.

"Dad!" Lloyd shouted in surprise to see his father had returned and with some help.

"You came back!?" Sandbar said in surprise.

Garmadon turned to his son."Lloyd, you and your friends helped me realized I do have a choice," he said before turning his attention to Pythor. "If there is anyone is going to threaten Equestria, it better well be me!"

"The Skeleton Army?!" Pythor shouted in shock. "But why would they fight beside you?! You betrayed them and Samukai long ago! And I don't see why those three are helping as well!" He pointed at Shining, Cadance, and Trixie.

"Because Equestria is our home and we will defend it with our lives!" Cadance declared.

"Plus… everycreature hates snakes, and we hate ‘em more than we hate him!" Kruncha added as the rest of the skeletons cheered in agreement.

"Attack!!" Pythor commanded his army of Serpentine.

"Attack!!" Both Shining and Kruncha commanded as both sides charged at each other. Pythor the pulled a lever as the cage holding the heroes began to move.

"Hey! We're moving!" Pinkie said.

Gaia looked down and looked scared. "Yeah, but in the direction of the bubbling pit of acid!" She as they looked down to see they were heading towards the lake of poisonous liquid. Skales punched a skeleton back before he turned to see Nuckal babbling while doing an odd dance.

"Are you ssserious?" Skales chuckled before Kruncha came up behind him and whacked him with a bone.

"He never saw it coming," Kruncha said.

"Uh, saw what coming?" Nuckal asked before Kruncha literally made his head spin.

As the cage continued to sink the heroes climbed up the bars to avoid getting melted along with the floor. Aqua looked to her right and smiled. "Lloyd! Cozy!" she cheered.

Lloyd and Cozy used their smaller size to slip past the warriors, over to the levers and pulled them to stop the cage from sinking. He pulled a lever which freed the older ponies from their shackles. Cozy then pulled another lever that lowered the Ninja's weapons and Aqua's suit.

"Told ya we'd save you!" Lloyd smiled.

"Go, Ninja, go," Flash complimented the little colt.

Twilight then nuzzled Cozy. "I'm so proud of you Cozy!" she cheered as Cozy smiled and blushed.

The Ninja grabbed their weapons and Aqua regained her suit and joined the fight. "NINJA, GO!" All six ninjas did Spinjitzu as they knocked back a few Serpentine.

Within the fight, Pythor was trying to get away with the four Fangblades before Garmadon stood in his way with a scythe and a sword in his hooves. Pythor used his staff to block each attack Garmadon through at him before he turned and slithered away.

"So long, sucker!" Pythor shouted when he looked back at Garmadon frowning. But before he thought he was home free he bumped into Luna and dropped the Fangblades.

Luna looked at the Fangblades before scowling at Pythor. "Going somewhere?" she asked.

At that moment Pythor knew, he screwed up. "Oh dear," he muttered before he hissed when Luna put her sword to his throat and she picked up the Fangblades.

"We'll be taking these now," Luna taunted but Pythor smirked and turned invisible. Luna looked around in surprise. "Where did he go?"

"Who cares?" Trail told her. "We have the Fangblades! Let's get out here!"

"Everycreature! Fall back!" Twilight ordered as they all ran while the Skulkin kept the Serpentine busy.

"NINJA, GO!" The six ninjas did Spinjitzu the knock away a few Serpentine blocking their path to the way out as the main six, young eight, the royal sisters, the Spinjitzu Brothers, Shining Armor, Cadance, Trixie, and Starlight followed behind.

"Don't worry about us!" Nuckal told them. "We'll keep fighting the good fight!" Flash stopped spinning and used his wing to give them a thumbs up.

"Thanks for the rescue!" Flash thanked their old enemies.

"I never thought I'd be saying this but... GO, NINJA, GO!" Kruncha cheered as the ninjas made it out with the four blades.

Just before Twilight could fly out of the hole, she spotted about four Serpentine eggs hidden in a corner. She thought about the egg they already have and thought it would be lonely when it hatches, so she used her magic to grab the other four eggs and flew out of the hole with them. Once everyone was back on the Destiny's Bounty, it took off into the sky.

Inside the ship Garmadon was packing a suitcase as Lloyd entered the room. "You're leaving?" he asked his father, not sounding surprised.

"Now that you are safe and the Ninja have the Fangblades, there is nothing else I am needed for," Garmadon told his son as he picked up his suitcase.

"I need you," Lloyd admitted with tears in his eyes. Garmadon looked towards his son with surprise before they both looked down as they knew some day, they would have to fight each other. "I know you have to leave. But do know this: When we meet again, I am gonna do everything in my power to defeat you."

Garmadon then padded Lloyd's head. "I wouldn't have it any other way," Garmadon said with a small smile before he turned to leave. "Oh, and son? You're a good colt. Soon you'll be a great stallion. Although we're now on opposite sides, I'm still very proud of you."

"Thanks, Dad," Lloyd told his father before he turned to join the others on the bridge. "Oh and Dad, I want to ask you--" He turned to say one last thing to his father, but Garmadon was already gone. "… about mom. So long, Dad."

On the bridge, everyone was celebrating their victory of getting all four Fangblades as they were all dancing to the music while a disco ball was shining around the room. On the table in the middle of the room are the four Fangblades and the five Serpentine eggs in incubators. Twilight explained that the reason why she took them is because she wanted the egg that they already had to have siblings and in hopes that when they hatch, they would help bring peace between Equestria and the rest of the Serpentine when they were old enough.

Lloyd soon entered the bridge with his ears dropped back and a frown on his face. Cozy Glow saw this and walked up to him. "He left, didn't he?" she asked with sympathetic smile before he gave a small nod in response. "Then have some Snogfruit punch." She offered him a cup filled with the punch. "Landrush made it and it's actually not bad."

"To Lloyd's dad!" Twilight raised a toast.

"Hear, hear!" they all said as they raised a glass.

"To Dad!" Lloyd said as he raised his glass.

"So now that we have the Fangblades, what do we do with them?" Silverstream asked as she looked at them.

"I already wrote to Star Swirl and he along with the rest of the pillars are meeting us at Torchfire Mountain, where we will destroy them once and for all," Celestia told them. "And it couldn't have been done without your father," she told Lloyd as she nuzzled the little colt. "I'm going to miss him."

"As am I sister," Luna said.

"As will I," Wu agreed as the continued to enjoy their party. However, outside of the bridge the heroes did not realize that a certain Anacondrai had snuck on board.

"You're going to miss more than him when I get through with you, Ninja," Pythor promised with an evil chuckle. It seemed the danger had not passed just yet.

Chapter 14: Rise of the Great Devourer

The Destiny's Bounty was seen flying through a storm as it made its way towards Torchfire Mountain. Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed as Sensei Wu was meditating in his room with lit incense sticks. Suddenly, through the spirit smoke, Wu could make out a vision of things to come.

The heroes surrounded by Serpentine as they fought them. Celestia and Wu standing in front of Pythor in the City of Ouroboros as he growled at the two. A much larger growl catching their attention, a sound that has not been heard in a very long time. A very tall and monstrous shadow rising before them and snapping its jaws onto them.

Wu gasp of what he had just seen in his vision and grew concerned.

Meanwhile in her bunk, Celestia woke up with terror filled yell.

Then the door burst open. "Sister, are you alright?" Luna asked in concern.

Celestia panted for moment, and after calming down gave Luna a smile. "Y-yes sister, I… just had a bad dream is all," she lied, not wanting to worry her sister by what she saw.

Luna looked unconvinced however.

Meanwhile in the dining room of the Bounty, the four Fangblades sat on the table with Flash, Twilight, Aqua, Trail, and Thunder there. "Why is it that Torchfire Mountain is the only place we can destroy the Fangblades?" Aqua asked as Thunder was eating a sandwich.

"According to Star Swirl, the blades were carved from the teeth of the Devourer, and because of that, they can only be destroyed from the extraordinary heat of Equestria's oldest volcano," Twilight answered.

"Okay, but why do you have a list?" Trail asked as he pointed to one next to Twilight.

"Oh, that’s not for the Fangblades. It's just a list of names for the eggs when they hatch," Flash answered. "We gotta call them something when they all hatch, right?"

"Hey, could sompony pass me the salt?" Thunder asked before a loud thunderclap rocked the ship and the salt slid over to him. "Hey, thanks." He then put the salt on his sandwich before Landrush and Applejack opened the door, looking a bit green.

"Please. Nopony talk about food," Landrush asked before another thunderclap rocked the boat, making him and Applejack nearly lose their balance.

"I feel sicker than the time I overworked myself and made them ‘baked bads’ what poisoned everypony back home," Applejack groaned as she held her stomach. "How much longer till we get there?"

"Not long. Hey AJ, you and Landrush look a little light-headed. How'd you guy like a pepper, daisy, and mucus salt sandwich?" Thunder asked.

The two covered their mouths again from the mention of food, rushing off to the sides to hurl.

Thunder laughed. "Ha, ha, speaking of light, who would have guessed little Lloyd Garmadon turned out to be the Light Ninja?"

"I know. He was such a brat at first. It's hard to believe he's gonna become the greatest ninja that ever lived," Aqua pointed out before Trail cleared his throat.

"Where is that little runt?" He asked.

"He's below deck to work on some moves with Cozy," Flash answered.

Down below, some training equipment turned on. Cozy and Lloyd bore serious looks and flipped up their hoods.

"Serpentine," Lloyd said in a Appleloosan drawl, "it's time I Spinjitzu you back into the filthy holes you came from!"

"Let's do this!" Cozy declared. "Ninja kick!" She did a kick.

"Tiger Claws!" Lloyd said throwing some hoof punches.

"NInja, go!" They both said, trying to do Spinjitzu but failed and were beaten back by the equipment and landed on the floor. Then, as a familiar figure appeared briefly when the lightning flashed as the two foals heard a familiar chuckle. The two removed their hoods as they retreated a little bit from the unseen noise.

"What a joke," Pythor's voice slipped in, but the foals could not see him. Suddenly, both Lloyd and Cozy were then picked up as Pythor, the unseen voice, turned visible. "You were always little children who chased stupid dreams."

"Pythor! How did you get aboard?" Lloyd asked in shock.

"You think I would allow the Ninja to steal the Fangblades from me?" Pythor asked as he slithered over to a sandbag and tied up both Lloyd and Cozy.

"Unh! You'll never get away with it!" Cozy told him. "Soon the Fangblades will be destroyed and you'll never waken The Great Devour-!"

She was cut off when Pythor taped hers and Lloyd's mouths and shook his head at them. "Oh, I wouldn't be so sure. As they say, out of sight…," he quipped as vanished again, "…out of mind!" He then bumped the sandbag they were tied to and left the room as the two foals struggled to free themselves.

A tour train stops as a stallion spoke up to the passengers on board over the PDA. "Thank you, everypony, for choosing the Equestria Tour Company to see our lands’s most scenic destinations. And if you look to your left, you'll find Equestria's very own Torchfire Mountain, where the core of the natural volcano can reach up to three bajillion degrees." Everycreature on board saw the biggest and tallest mountain with lava blowing out of it when they looked out their windows to see it.

One colt looked out the window and saw the Destiny Bounty flying towards the Volcano, "Look Mommy, a flying ship!" The colt said to his mother.

The mother just laughed, "Oh honey, that's probably just one of the royal airships."

"No mommy, it's a pirate ship!" The colt retorted.

The mare just chuckled. "Heh, uh-huh. That's nice, honey," she said as the tour bus moved on as they Bounty stopped just above the Mouth of The Volcano.

Wu and Celestia walked out on deck and stared down at the lava below, still troubled by what they saw in their visions. "Wu... last night I had a vision of the Devourer being awakened... You don't think that--?" Celestia asked in a worried tone.

Wu stayed silent but shook his head. "I do not know, Celestia. We can only wait and pray we are wrong." Just then, Star Swirl and the pillars arrived on board when he teleported them up there. "Star Swirl the Bearded, it's good to see you again."

"As too you, Wu," Star Swirl said. "Or perhaps I should say Sensei Wu. You have grown since the last I saw of you. I am deeply sorry to hear what happened to your brother," he remarked with some regret in his tome.

"Thank you, Starswirl, but alas, fate is inevitable," he said.

Somnambula approached him with a smile. "Do not despair Wu. I am hopeful that someday Garmadon's heart shall be free of that dreadful serpent's venom."

Wu smiled, taking her words to heart, before Star Swirl spoke again.

"But for now, let us focus on destroying the Fangblades," Starswirl said as he turned to the Volcano. "The magma of Torchfire Mountain is the only thing hot enough to melt through the blades. And without them, the Great Devourer shall remain dormant forever."

"Will everycreature please place their seat back and tray table in the full upright and locked position?" Aqua asked over PDA system. "We have reached our destination: Torchfire Mountain. Give it a minute while we settle into position." Aqua then pressed a button on the bridge and lowered the anchor down. Soon the ninja and Mane 6 came out with the four blades and all sent to destroy them.

"Ah! It's roasting out here!" Thunder complained as he wiped the sweat from his brow.

"Hey if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen," Trail joked before they noticed Wu and Celestia's faces.

"Hey, what's with sensei and Celestia?" Twilight asked.

"I do not know. The two of them have been distant all morning," Frost told them.

Celestia breathed in. "Beautiful, is it not?" She asked.

Mistmane looked down. "Yes, beauty can be born, even in the darkest of places."

"Well, 'beautiful’ is not the word I'd use," Rarity commented as she and others walked forward.

"Sensei, we are ready for the destruction of the Fangblades, but you and Celestia seem unsure about this," Gaia said to Wu as he looked down.

"You do not need our approval to finish the task," Wu told his students.

"Uh, but sensei--" Thunder spoke up before Wu interrupted him.

"Butts are for sitting," he told him. "And besides, there will come a time when you will have to go on without me."

"Sensei, you're talking crazy," Flash spoke up.

"Flash is right. You've been alive for like forever," Trail said before Landrush bumped his shoulder.

"What he means is that, you are like the sunrise," Frost explained with a smile. "We cannot begin a day without you."

Celestia however frowned. "But alas, even the sun itself must eventually go down, if only for a new day to come."

"I don't like metaphors," Landrush admitted. "What are you trying to say? Are you leaving us again?"

"In meditation, my smoke visions have come to an end and tomorrow, I cannot see," Wu told his pupils. "This worries me."

"But it could be a good omen, you know," Thunder guessed. "We destroy the Fangblades, then everything's all cupcakes."

"Let's just get rid of them, for good," Twilight told them as the Ninja approached the edge to drop the blades, but then she noticed something. "Where's Lloyd and Cozy? I thought they'd be up here with us for this moment."

"Don't tell they’re still training," Applejack said.

Meanwhile on deck, while Starlight and Aqua monitored the systems, they failed to notice on the security camera a door opening and Pythor appearing with a hammer. He then threw it at one of the ship’s engines, which would cause much problems for the Ninja.

The Destiny's Bounty was becoming unstable as the engines began to lose power. Starlight and Aqua were doing what they can to keep it steady and in the air. Everypony else however started to slide when the Bounty began tilting to one side, and they were holding on for their life as to not slide off. Wu was sliding near the plank and almost fell off before he grabbed on to it. "Sensei! Hang on! We're coming!" Flash called out as they dropped the Fangblades and raced over to save him carefully.

But then Wu lost his grip and fell. "NNOO!!" he yelled as the other gasped… before at the last minute, they all formed a pony chain and Celestia grabbed onto Wu.

"Ugh, you’re not going anywhere brother!" Celestia said as she held on.

"Thank you, Celestia," Wu thanked. Rockhoof grunted as he was at the start chain and struggled to keep them all from falling, even with his strength. "Aqua, Starlight! Lassies, wot's goin’ on up dere?!" He shouted to the two mares as they worked to stabilize the ship.

"Somepony or something has overridden the system!" Starlight explained.

Below deck, Lloyd and Cozy Glow were also struggling to get free before they managed to loosen up the bind Pythor put on them and raced over to the PDA system. After Cozy jumped to kick the button to activate it, Lloyd managed to get half of the tape off his lips to speak into the PDA. "Mayday! Mayday!! Pythor's on board!!!" he shouted into the system for everypony to hear.

"Pythor's on board!!!"

The others gasped as Rockhoof looked behind him and saw Pythor holding the Fangblades and looking at them in False pity, "Oh dear, terribly sorry if I don't lend a hand, but I really must be going," Pythor explained with a sneer. "Got this whole ‘Devourer’ thing going on! Hm-hmm, toodeloo!" He then turned to leave but was blocked by the Young Eight.

"Where big snake think he going?" Yona asked.

"Drop the Fangblades or you're so gonna get a beating!" Gallus told Pythor.

"Ah, a little cliché, don't you think?" Pythor asked with a raised brow.

"Uh, cliché?" Lloyd asked as they looked at him with confusion.

"What does that mean?" Silverstream asked, scratching her head.

"Oh I wouldn't expect children to understand," Pythor shook his head.

"H-hey! Who're you calling ‘children’!" Smolder retorted.

"Yeah, we've grown up a lot!" Cozy added as they flipped their hoods and attacked Pythor but the Anacondrai easily dodged them.

"Hm, puny strength, no fundamentals, sloppy hoofwork," Pythor listed out as a dodged each other attacks. "Do you all think you can defeat me?"

"We're not trying to defeat you," Sandbar told him. "We're just trying keeping you busy until the cavalry arrives." He then pointed towards Aqua in her samurai mech that landed on deck.

Pythor began to shiver in fear as she came closer to him and he backed up. "Hiyah!" Lloyd shouted as he jumped and kicked Pythor in the face, knocking him back as he yelped. "Ha, ha, I hit him! I hit him, guys!"

"Pat yourself on the back later! We're not done yet!" Gallus reminded, as Pythor bobbed and weaved around Aqua's mech as she tried to grab him.

"As much as I would love to play you kids and your overgrown toys, I've got a ride to catch!" Pythor said before jumping off the Bounty with the Fangblades.

"No!" the Young Eight shouted as they watched Pythor fall towards a Rattlecopter with Skales on it and grabbed on as they flew away.

"So long, suckers!" he taunted as he laughed while flying away out of reach.

Meanwhile, the rest of them were holding on for dear life.

"Don't let go!" Thunder shouted to the ones holding on to him.

"You think we don't know that?!" Trail grunted as the hold on to Thunder.

"Not to alarm any of you, but I'm slipping!" Rockhoof warned them as he was slipping off the plank. Soon enough, he finally lost his grip, causing them all to fall toward the fiery mouth of the Volcano... until at the last minute Aqua grabbed Wu, Landrush, Meadowbrook and Thunder.

"Gotcha!" she said as the Princesses and the Mane Six caught the others from falling, and they all flew up.

"Whew, I don't think I've ever been more glad to see you!" Thunder sighed in relief.

"Feel the same," Aqua said as they landed on deck. "Come on, he's getting away!"

They went to the edge and saw the Rattlecopter flying farther and farther away.

"Look, there!" Thunder pointed to where the Rattlecopter was.

"The City of Ouroboros is miles away, this Rattlecopter will never get us there in time!" Pythor shouted at Skales. "They'll catch up to us!"

"Don't worry, sssir! We've already made preparationsss!" Scale told him.

"What preparations?" Pythor asked before he noticed the rest of the Serpentine had stopped the tour train from before and were kicking the passengers off it.

Skales turned to Pythor with smirk, "I take it you’re pleased?" He asked.

"Very. Very pleased, Skales," Pythor answered with a smirk of his own as the Rattlecopter landed, the ponies coughing from the dust it kicked up.

The Serpentine continued escorting the tourists from the train as the colt from before saw this.

"Mommy, snakes are kicking people off the train," he said as his mother smiled again.

"Don't be silly, sweetheart. Snakes don't-" She was cut off when Serpentine escorted her and her family off with the rest of the tourists.

Then one Hypnobrai Serpentine noticed a cake and took it, "Yummy!" he remarked in hunger.

The colt and family were the last ones off as he turned to the Serpentine at the door. "See, mommy? Snakes," he pointed before the door slammed shut.

At the front of the train, Pythor and Skales stood with the driver. "Next stop: Ouroboros!" Pythor ordered as the train started up again and the Serpentine cheered as they were now riding to their goal in style.

Back on the Bounty Lloyd and Cozy were bringing the case that held the Golden Weapons as the others prepared to chase down the Serpentine. "If Pythor returns with the four Fangblades to the City of Ouroboros, he'll awaken the Great Devourer," Star Swirl told them. "And then all of the realm shall fall to its hunger"

"Well, we are not gonna let that happen," Aqua declared.

"Oh, what about us?" Smolder asked.

"You all stay with Spike here on the Bounty," Twilight told them as the Young Eight groaned, as well as Spike.

"Oh, come on! Again!?" Gallus asked.

"But did you see me kick him the face? I'm an asset," Lloyd bragged.

"Yeah we kick butt! And face!" Cozy added as she did some kicks herself.

Trail just smiled, "Patience, kid. You're all too important, especially now that you’re the Chosen One,” he told Lloyd.

"Yeah, and even though you kids held your own against Pythor and saved us, try to keep your egos in check. A little humility goes a long way, trust me," Rainbow told the Young Seven.

"Patience and humility?" Celestia asked with a raised brow, finding that advise very ironic coming from them. She giggled. "Ah, the students have become the teachers."

"What do say we play a little catch up?" Thunder asked as the case open and the each took their Golden Weapon.

"It's my favorite game," Landrush said before they put up their hoods.

"NINJA, GO!" All six Ninja did Spinjitzu before jumping off the bounty. Then one by one, they summoned their Spinjitzu vehicles as the chase after the Serpentine began.

As they rode Thunder spotted the train carrying the Serpentine. "Got ‘em in my sights!" He told to the others.

"Then every second counts, dears! Punch it!" Gaia said as they all spread up.

Meanwhile on the train the driver turned to Pythor "Um, is this some kind of special tour?" he asked nervously.

"Oh, shut up and drive!" Pythor ordered as Skales looked out the window and saw the Ninja approaching.

"Sir, the Ninja and their friends are on our tail!" He warned Pythor. "They'll catch up with us in no time!" Pythor then grabbed a microphone and turned on the PDA.

"Ninja!" Pythor growled before he spoke into the PDA. "Good afternoon, my cold-blooded minions. If you look out to your left and behind you, you'll find… Ninja, and right behind them you’ll see that they brought more trouble!" All the Serpentine on board did what he said and hissed at the site of the ninja approaching. "So annoying, these ponies banding together. So, man your stations, chaps! We got guests! Let's make sure we give them the ride of a lifetime!" All the Fangpyre on board swiftly bit into the train, their venom transforming it.

The train turned from a happy looking steam engine to a green, Serpentine diesel engine, complete with a snake-like head and a long tail wagging side to side. The transformed train then jumped off the rails and onto the dirt road towards Ouroboros.

"What is that? A train?" Twilight asked.

"That is no longer a train," Luna answered. "It is a moving fortress!"

"’Serpentine Express’ is more like it!" Landrush said as he drove closer to the Serpentine Express but was halted when its tail started slapping at him, "Whoa! Aagh!" He yelped as he dodged the strikes. The tail continued to whack to try and hit Landrush with each strike.

"Watch out!" Flash called out from his Bo Copter when he saw his friend almost get hit. "How are we supposed to get close that thing?"

Soon, an opening formed on both sides of the rear car, revealing side-mounted turrets, each manned by a Serpentine who started to fire at the Ninja. The ones in the air had to take evasive actions with each shot they took.

"Just when you thought it wouldn't be this hard!" Twilight complained as Flash was steering away from each blast. Then coming out from the top of the Serpentine Express were a pair of Bite-Cycles that jumped off and chased after the Ninja riding along the ground.

The two then sandwiched Gaia between them, "Bring it on!" Gaia said, pulling out her Sai, jabbing it in one Cycle causing it to break hard and flip. Then the other Cycle's driver jumped on her bike before she stopped and he flipped off. Aqua continue to dodge the blast being shot at her and Wu as her mech flew in the air. But when she got low, the tale of it whacked her and she nearly hit a couple of rocks as she flew by.

More Bite-Cycles came out and drove right at the ninja on the ground. "We've got company!" Aqua called out before she heard a slurping noise and turned to Wu drinking tea. "Sensei!"

"Wu, this is not the time for tea!" Star Swirl reminded him.

Wu stopped drinking and saw the Bite-Cycles coming at them. "Oh, um, let's see here," Wu meddled on the controls on his chair, only to throw a large shurkien at the Cycles, causing them to explode and the mech caught it again. "Oh, this is fun," Wu smiled.

"This is NOT fun!" Silverstream cried as back with her and the rest of Young Eight and Spike were steering the Bounty but were having trouble.

"Go left!" Gallus said as Lloyd turned the wheel.

"No, the other left!" Smolder shouted.

"Ugh! Make up your minds!" Lloyd groaned.

"Isn't there an autopilot?!" Ocellus asked as the Bounty kept on zig-zagging.

Landrush soon got sandwiched by two Bite-Cycles before a Fangpyre jumped on his vehicle. Landrush then popped the hood to his cockpit, sending that snake flying before another one jumped on. The blades on his vehicle then knocked that Constrictai off as they continued on. "If we have any chance at getting on that train, we need to work together!" he called out to the others.

"Yeah, teamwork!" Pinkie declared.

"I've got an idea!" Aqua said as she flew next to Flash and Thunder. "Thunder, Flash, follow me! Frost, try to get in close and cool him off." With that the three in sky occupied the turrets, leaving Frost to slip in.

"Okay, I'm going in," Frost said as he dodged the tail. "NInja, go!" He used his Spinjitzu to jump on the Serpentine Express and then leaped to the tail car's connector to the rest of the Serpentine Express and froze it.

"Goodbye,” he stated before stomping on the connector causing it to be break and tail and guns were disconnected from the rest of the Serpentine Express.

"Excellent job, Frost!" Gaia said, "Now let's stop that train!"

"We're running out of time," Skales told Pythor. "If the Ninja ssstop usss from getting to the City of Ouroborosss, we may never awaken the Great Devourer."

"Don't lecture me!" Pythor told Skales before he looked at the driver. "Faster!"

"I can't. If we drive any faster, the engine could explode," the driver explained.

Pythor sighed. "Fine, then I'll do it," he reluctantly complied before turning towards the driver menacingly. "GET OUT!"

"Now?" the driver asked nervously.

"Now,” Pythor answered with his eyes narrowed.

Not one to take his chances with a giant snake, the driver jumped out the side door, tumbling onto the ground as the Ninja did not even notice him.

"I hate snakes," he grumbled.

Back on the Serpentine Express, Pythor was now driving and turned to Skales. "Don't let them reach the front!" he ordered.

“I'll persssonally sssee to it myssself!" Skales replied as Pythor increased speed, not even acknowledging the smoke coming from the engine.

Meanwhile. the Ninja were catching up to the train before Flash and Thunder's vehicles vanished in a flash of light before they jumped on board the train with Frost. Soon the others jumped on board when their vehicles vanished in a flash of light.

"Let's split up," Flash suggested.

"Last one to the front is a rotten Ninja!" Trail said as they all went in different ways onto the train.

In the cars, the Serpentine were playing go fish.

"Got any 4’s?" a Venomari asked but before anyserpent could answer, a blue Spinjitzu tornado from above came down and knocked them all out the windows. The tornado revealed Thunder holding his Nun-Chucks in a combat stance as Pinkie and Somnambula dropped down too.

"Hey, where'd everycreature go?" Pinkie asked, scratching her head.

Trail, Rainbow, and Flash Magnus made their way on the rooftops of the cars as the wind was blowing heavily on them while the train moved.

"Is it just me, or this train going even faster?" Rainbow asked, blocking her face with her wing. Then popping out from one of the emergency exits were three Serpentine. The window cover blew and the three Pegasi dodged it, the Three Serpentine tried to approached them but one was blown off from the wind blowing on him from the high speed. But then while he was distracted Trail was punched in the face and knocked off the train if Flash Magnus hadn't caught him, but the two were slipping.

Back inside the train Frost, Fluttershy and Meadowbrook were cornered by three Serpentine. Frost then pulled out his Shurikens, "Time to cool down!" he called out, throwing his weapon at the Serpentine, freezing them solid.

"Looks like reptiles and cold don't mix, after all," Meadowbrook said then she turned and saw Trail and Flash Magnus hanging off the edge.

"What?! You guys try fighting up here!" Flash Magnus retorted.

"Um, guys? A little help here!" Rainbow asked from on the roof as the two stallions flipped back up.

"Are you sure this spell will hold, guys?!" Rarity asked as she, Flash, Twilight, Starlight, Gaia, and Mistmane were walking on the side of the cars with a special spell Twilight and Starlight used though allow them to stick to it.

"Trust me, wall-crawler spells never fail!" Starlight assured before the Serpentine popped out of the windows. "But snakes coming out of the windows can really throw you off."

The Serpentine then tried to attack them but were flipped out of the windows by Flash. "Come on, the front is still a long way to go!" he said, prying another Hypnobrai out the window.

"Lead the way, my dear Flash!" Gaia said after throwing off another Serpentine.

Back on top, Trail and Flash Magnus got back up before they face a couple of Venomari while Rainbow Dash was wrestling a Hypnobrai. Aqua then landed on the roof with her mech just in time with Celestia, Luna and Starswirl along with her. "Mind if we interrupt?" she asked after she got the Hypnobrai off, leaving Rainbow to sweep away the others.

A Constrictai then jumped on the mech and tried to attack Wu, "Hmm, hold this, please," Wu asked, passing his cup to the Constrictai.

"Oh yeah," he said, as Wu pour some tea into the cup. "Thanksss," he said, and just before he could take a sip, Wu punched him off and took the cup. “Thank you,” Wu remarked with a chuckle as he drank from it.

As the others fought Rainbow turned and her eyes shrunk. "Oh man, SIGN!" she screamed as she saw sign up ahead.

"Watch out!" Trail shouted.

"Duck! Duck! DUCK!" Starswirl shouted as Flash Magnus, Trail, Rainbow, and some of the Serpentine ducked down but Aqua, Celestia and Luna could not.

"I'm trying, but I can't!" Aqua said.

"And Celestia and I are too tall-OOF!" Was all Luna could say before she, Celestia, Wu, Aqua, Starswirl and a Hypnobrai hit the sign, knocking them off the Serpentine Express. The others stood up and the Serpentine laughed at their allies’ misfortune.

"Okay, that's it! Nocreature laughs at the princesses!" Rainbow said as she and Flash Magnus punted two of the snakes away.

"NINJA, GO!" Trail did Spinjitzu knocking away the rest.

Back with the others, Aqua managed to get the sign off while the rest rubbed their sore muzzles, "Well that was humiliating," Luna groaned.

"We did tell you to duck," Wu deadpanned at Aqua.

"Perhaps bigger isn't always better," Starswirl quipped to Aqua and Celestia.

"We don't wanna to hear it," Aqua and Celestia growled as they all flew off after the Serpentine Express.

Landrush, Applejack, and Rockhoof entered another car on the train to find it empty. The three however did not let down their guard before they turned to see three Serpentine behind them and Skales in front of them. "End of the line, losersss," Skales told them as they have the three outnumbered.

"Watch out!" Landrush told Applejack and Rockhoof as he swung his scythe around before raising it up.

"Oh boy, Landrush, don't tell your gonna-!" Applejack yelled as she, Rockhoof, and Skales backed away bit before she could finish, Landrush summoned his Tread Assault Vehicle with its cannon aimed right at Skales.

"No, no! Not again! PLEASE!" Skales begged but it was for not as Landrush fired a missile at him, blasting the Hypnobrai General out of the train.

Scared out of their wits by what happened, the other three Serpentine jumped out of the train too.

"Well now, that was quite impressive," Rockhoof commented as Landrush dismissed his vehicle.

"I know. I love this thing!" Landrush told them as he looked at his Scythe. The roof of the car was ripped open by Aqua's mech.

"Landrush. Good to see you," Wu said as he jumped down before the others join them.

"Good to see you too," Landrush replied.

Meanwhile at the front, the engine of the Serpentine Express had started flaming and started moving side to side sporadically, Pythor struggled to keep the train stable while The Ninja and their allies were rocked from the shaking. The shaking caused Trail and Rainbow to fall into the car and into Frost and Fluttershy's arms.

"Nice catch, you two," Thunder commented.

"Last one to the front's a rotten Ninja," Landrush said as Trail and Rainbow got down.

"Ah, so be it, but one more car to go," Trail said as he pointed to the door to the last. "Pythor's in there with the four Fangblades! Who's first?!" Just when he asked that, both Wu and Celestia ran past him and detached the engine from the rest of train.

"Sensei!" Thunder called out.

"Celestia!" Twilight shouted as well as the engine sped away from them.

"What are you both doing?!" Flash asked them.

"Our destiny is to face Pythor alone!" Wu answered.

"Yours is to look after the children and the citizens of Equestria!" Celestia added as they drove further and further away, "Be ready my little ponie. There is a storm coming, and only you can stop it!"

"Sister! What do you mean?!" Luna demanded.

"This is starting to turn into a habit with them!" Trail as he saw the train was slowing to a stop. "How do get off this thing?!"

Pythor looked behind him and saw that the rest of the Serpentine Express had become detached from the engine, and best of all the Ninja were stuck on it. He laughed in victory, thinking nothing could stop him from awakening the Great Devourer now, not even caring that he left his fellow Serpentine behind.

Back on the Destiny's Bounty, the Young Eight and Spike had finally managed to get the ship stable and flies smoothly before they saw the City of Ouroboros up ahead. "Thar she blows! City of Ouroboros, dead ahead!" Sliverstream called out to the others.

"More speed, Lloyd!" Spike told Lloyd who increased power to the thrusters. "I hope we're not too late!"

Back on the Serpentine Express’s locomotive, Wu and Celestia walked in and Pythor turned to them. "This ends now!" Wu declared pointing his staff to the Anacondrai.

Pythor slithered up to the old stallion, unthreatened. "So be it!" he said, knocking Wu back and turned to Celestia.

"Just like back in the Great War," Celestia said, recalling the last time she and Pythor clashed.

"Yes, except this time, I refuse to lose!" Pythor shouted clashing his staff with Celestia's sword. "I've come too far to let you take this away from me now! The Devourer will be released and I will have my revenge!"

Back with the others, Landrush let out a yawn as they were getting bored waiting and have no idea how to catch up. "This is really boring," Aqua said as she and Rockhoof sat on the roof.

"Unfortunately, unless we can find a way to reach Ouroboros in time, all we can do is wait and hope Celestia and Wu can stop Pythor," Mistmane told them, before the Destiny's Bounty came into view, dropping anchor onto the detached Serpentine Express and dragging it along the dirt.

"Lloyd!" The Ninja shouted.

"Kids!" The Mane 7 and the Pillars shouted as well. Gallus and Smolder looked over the edge and saluted.

"Hook, line and sinker!" Smolder quipped.

Twilight then spoke to Spike on the bridge. "Fly us to Ouroboros as fast as you can!" she ordered.

"Aye-aye, Captain!" Spike saluted as the Bounty then started carrying the Serpentine Express towards the city.

Meanwhile Wu and Celestia were still fighting Pythor. However even against the two of them, Pythor was able to repel all their attacks and Celestia was not able to use her magic, lest she risked getting herself or Wu seriously hurt. "NINJA, GO!" both her and Wu shouted as they did Spinjitzu, making Pythor back up a bit before he whacked them both with his staff a few times before the last one made them stop.

Pythor then grabbed Wu with his arms and coiled Celestia with his tail. "You and the sun princess are getting slow, old stallion," he mocked the two. Pythor then opened his mouth wide as if to consume Wu before Celestia acted fast and bit on his exposed tail. Pythor screamed in pain as he let them go, allowing them to whack him on the head.

Celestia then spat out the taste of Pythor's tail from her mouth. "Ugh, I prefer cake to snake, anyway!" she said until the locomotive finally exploded and knocked all three of them over.

The locomotive fell on its side just at the entrance to Ouroboros. Pythor crawled out of the locomotive with the Fangblades in his arms, his was still a little dizzy from the crash, but then he saw the statue of the Great Devourer and laughed in triumph.

He then slithered towards the center of the city as Celestia and Wu finally managed force their way out and chase after him on hoof.

In the arena of the city, Pythor climbed up to the mouth of the statue, "Finally, the Great Devourer will be awakened," he said in excitement as he placed each Fangblade in the slots of the statue's four main fangs. Once all the Fangblades were placed, they glowed. "Perfect," Pythor smirked, climbing down to stand in the center of the arena. He turned to the statue and watched in awe as a green venom-like liquid poured from the fangs and down into the canal in the Arena, the snake spiral starting to emit a glowing green mist.

Pythor then laughed like a madman as the awakening ceremony began. "Yes! YES! It's working! Awaken, great one! Awaken the insatiable appetite of the beast that will consume all of Equestria, and the lands beyond!"

"What have you DONE?!" Wu demanded as he and Celestia arrived and glared at the mad Snake.

Pythor however just smiled and answered, knowing they were too late. "Don't you see? Releasing the Great Devourer is the only way to get back at the other creatures of Equestria for locking my people in the cold depths of the underground. To rot away in the darkness while you all were blessed to live in the light of the sun without care or fear for centuries, in the World your father created for all of us!" Pythor answered as he glared at them with intense hatred while they stared back at him.

"Pythor, it has centuries since the days of the Great War! The ponies of Equestria have opened their borders to the Dragons, Changelings and the other kingdoms and now thanks to my faithful student we all live together in peace!" Celestia told him, trying to convince him that there was a chance to stop all this. "And there is room in Equestria for the Serpentine as well, I'm sure we can find a solution if we--"

"…‘Work together’?! Hah! Like how General Arcturus, you and your siblings made that truce between our kingdoms so many years ago, the truce that YOU intended to betray?!" Pythor asked as Wu and Celestia were shocked by what they heard. "No, this is the only way my people can live in peace: By destroying all other creatures and leave this world for us!" He declared, "It is we who should've been ruling the surface, not any of you!"

"You are playing with a power that cannot be controlled," Wu told him. "Like Twilight tried to warn you, it will consume everything, even the Serpentine!" Just then the statue began to crumble and getting their attention.

"Unleash, Great Devourer, and be free to do my bidding, for I have awakened you!!" Pythor shouted, completely ignoring Wu and Celestia's warning.

Meanwhile with the Ninja they had just arrived at the City of Ouroboros and then noticed a green glow coming from the arena, "Um, what is that?" Rarity asked, pointing her hoof to arena.

Starswirl and Luna looked to where she was pointing and their eye shrunk, "Oh no, we're too late!" Starswirl shouted.

"Not yet, we’re not!" Flash said. "Lloyd, put us down by the engine."

The Serpentine Express was lowered onto the ground, and they all took off running towards the arena. Lloyd, Spike and the rest of the kids then slid down the chains, "Hey, wait for us, everypony!" Lloyd said as they all leapt off the Serpentine Express and chased after the others.

Back in the arena, Pythor was still waiting with anticipation for the Great Devourer to emerge before the statue began to crumble to pieces. Pythor had a wide grin on his face as he thought that The Great Devourer was emerging from the statue only to see it crumble into pieces and nothing there. Pythor looked down at the broken pieces in shock.

"No, no! It isn't inside the statue?!" he frantically discovered, picking up one of the pieces. "Then, where is it?!" Suddenly, he noticed the ground beneath him began to crumble into a pit underneath the city.

He looked down and let out frightened scream as he saw a pair of glowing purple eyes below, and he knew all too well what they belonged to, "It-it's so big!" Pythor said, starting to think his enemies were right and chose to get a safe distance for the destruction.

Celestia and Wu however would not have it. "You are going nowhere!" Wu said to a surprised Pythor.

"You will shall stay to witness the monster you have unleashed on our world!" Celestia told him as she and Wu grabbed Pythor by the neck.

"AHH! Let me go, you fools!" Pythor screamed as more of the ground beneath them crumbled, "Don't you see? ITS UNDERNEATH US!!!" Pythor managed to toss Wu off and he grabbed on to ledge before Celestia pulled him out. They then turned to see Pythor trying to make a run for it, Celestia then stomped on his tail causing him to yelp in pain and give Wu the chance to grab his neck and turn him back to the hole.

"This is our destiny!" Wu declared as he and Celestia sandwiched Pythor between them. Pythor whimpered as he looked down at the hole just as the other arrived.

"What's going on?!" Trail shouted as they all saw the pair of eyes getting closer. "What's that creature underground?!"

"Is that what I think it is...?" Twilight said with so much fear in her tone.

"You must do everything in your power to stop the Great Devourer!" Wu told his pupils as he and Celestia kept a tight hold on Pythor.

"For the sake of Equestria and the lands beyond it! Go, Ninja!... Go!" Celestia cheered for them as her sister finally realized what she was doing.

"Sister... Wu... NO!!" Luna cried out in tears as she tried to go save them but was held back by her teacher and Twilight.

"No, Sensei!" Flash reached out to Wu.

The two simply smiled and nodded at them as tears fell from Celestia. The rumbling grew louder and louder until after amount of silence... a monstrous green reptilian head with a frill around its head erupted from the earth! Everycreature stood back in abject horror as the gargantuan serpent rose higher and higher as the lightning flashed behind it, making the beast even more terrifying. The Great Devourer then opened its mouth and released an unworldly roar that shook the heavens themselves. Suddenly, it turned its sights upon Pythor, Wu and Celestia and then lunged its gapping jaws down at them!

To Be Continued...

Chapter 15: Day of the Great Devourer

Previously on My Little Ninjago: Rise of the Serpentine

"In meditation, my smoke visions have come to an end and tomorrow I cannot see," Wu said as he saw a vision of him and Celestia standing off against Pythor before a large figure loomed down on them and He gasped and Celestia woke up terrified.

"Pythor's on board!" Lloyd screamed as Pythor smirked down at the Ninja, Mane 6, Pillars, Two Sisters, and Wu forming a Pony-Chain while holding the Fangblades before he jumped off the Bounty and onto a Rattlecopter.

"So long, suckers!" Pythor shouted as the Copter flew away.

"If Pythor returns the Fangblades to the City of Ouroboros, he'll awaken the Great Devourer, and all of Equestria will fall to its gluttony!" Star Swirl said as The Ninja were chasing the Serpent Express, and fighting off the Serpentine.

"Our destiny is to face Pythor alone!" Wu spoke as he and Celestia were fighting Pythor before the scene changed to him placing the Fangblades into the Statue of the Great Devourer and leaked out green venom-like liquid.

"It's working!" Pythor cheered as the snake-like spiral on the arena floor glowed green.

"What have you done?! You are playing with power that cannot be controlled, just as Twilight tried to tell you, it will consume everything, even the Serpentine!" Wu said as he and Celestia glared at Pythor before the Anacondrai looked down and screamed at the sight of a pair of glowing purple in the pit before Wu and Celestia grabbed him by the neck.

"There is a storm coming my little ponies, and only you can stop it!" Celestia said as the Ninja looked down at the pit and saw the eyes getting closer.

As the ground of the City of Ouroboros began to shake madly, the ground began to break apart as a pair of purple serpent eyes was rising up. "You must do everything in your power to stop the Great Devourer!" Wu told his pupils as he and Celestia kept a tight hold on Pythor.

"For the sake of Equestria and the lands beyond it! Go, Ninja!... Go!" Celestia cheered for them as her sister finally realized what she was doing.

"Sister... Wu... NO!!!" Luna cried out in tears as she tried to go save them but was held back by her teacher and Twilight. Aqua then took the Young Seven, Spike, Starlight, and Lloyd and took off.

"... I love you," Celestia said softly to her sister with a smile and tears dripping from her eyes. She then turned her sights back to the pit as after a moment of silence... monstrous green reptilian head with a frill around its head erupted from the earth! Everycreature stood back in abject horror as the gargantuan serpent rose higher and higher as the lightning flashed behind it, making the beast even more terrifying.

The Great Devourer then opened its mouth and released an unworldly roar that shook the heavens themselves. Suddenly, it turned its sights upon Pythor, Wu and Celestia and then lunged its gapping jaws down at them, and got them in one bite.

The others watched in horrifed shock at what they saw. "... Sensei," Trail whispered in sorrow.

"Celestia...” Twilight whimpered out, just witnessing the mare she loved and looked up to like a mother just killed off.

"No...” Thunder whispered as all of them were in disbelief of what they just witness. After swallowing the small snack it had, with some yellow magic flowing over it's scales, it let out a frightening roar before it draws its attention towards the Ninja, the Mane Six, and the Pillars. "Oh, maybe if we stand perfectly still it won't see us... you know, like Fluttershy over there."

"I'm not standing still, I'm frozen in horror...” Fluttershy explained as her legs were shaking like a leaf.

"And it might see us as brightly colored fruit snacks, you bolt brain." Gaia grunted at Thunder as her accent was gone.

"Well then, that just leaves us with one option then...” Rarity whispered as they slowly backed up and Landrush picked up Fluttershy.

"RUN!!!" Flash shouted before they all ran for their lives back to the Bounty. The Devourer chased after them, surprisingly fast for its size, as it destroyed the buildings around it. As they ran Pinkie tripped on her hooves and fell, as she shook off the sand she turned to the Devourer as it let out another roar.

"HEY WAAAIITTT!!!" Pinkie screamed, finding her second wind and catching up quickly with the others, the Devourer right on her tail. "WAIT FOR ME!!!!"

"Fire up the engines!" Aqua ordered as she took the helm while the Young Seven, Spike, and Lloyd was staring out the window at the massive serpent coming towards them. "I said fire up the engines!" She shouted, snapping them out of their trance and getting to work.

"There's no wind! And we're only have reserve fuel!" Lloyd told the others as he checked the readings.

"Flash will cover the winds and use that reserve fuel!" Starlight told him as the others quickly came aboard and tumbled over each other. Everypony went to their stations as Thunder looked on the screen and saw the Devourer was still chasing slithering towards them.

"Uh, hate to tell you this, but objects in the mirror are closer than they appear." He said to Aqua and Starlight.

"We gotta move before we all become snake food!" Rainbow added frantically.

"Working on it!" Aqua said as the Bounty's thrusters activated. "Blasters on full." The Bounty took off, just barely missing the Devourer's jaws.

Trail looked outside and saw the Devourer was gone. "Whoo-hoo! Take that, you stupid snake!" He cheered but unfortunately, he spoke too soon as out of nowhere the Devourer burst out the of the ground in front of them.

"HOLY CELESTIA!!" Spike screamed in shock.

"Um, I think it heard you, darling,” Rarity said nervously.

"Aqua, we must go faster!" Star Swirl told her as the Devourer continued to chase them.

"He's right! That thing is gaining on us!" Silverstream called out as she looked out from the back window.

"We're going as fast as we can!" Aqua said as she pulled up an image of Ghastly Gorge. "I'll try to make it to the Ghastly Gorge!"

"The Ghastly Gorge?!" Gallus asked, thinking she was joking.

"Probability of us making it that far is less than 8 percent," Frost calculated.

"Never tell us the odds!" Starlight told him.

"It's coming in for another attack!" Flash Magnus said. "Port side!"

The Bounty turned left, just barely dodging the Devourer again.

"Then throw everything overboard!" Twilight ordered.

"What?!" They all shouted.

"We need to lose some weight!" Twilight explained.

"Port side!!" Gallus called out before the Devourer nearly got them and bit off a thruster.

Flash then went up on deck and used his powers to add more wind to the sails. "You heard the princess guys! Throw everything overboard!" he ordered as everyone proceed to throw everything overboard.

Luna then noticed Wu's teapot and Celestia's collar, furrowing her brows she took them. The heroes then threw everything they got off the ship as Lloyd and the Young Seven watched the ship's speed increasing.

"It's working!" Cozy declared but the Devourer was still of their tail and gobbling up everything they threw out and anything else in its path.

"Man, he sure is hungry!" Thunder commented.

"You mean, she sure is hungry," Fluttershy corrected as everypony turned to her in shock.

"IT'S A GIRL?!?!" they all exclaimed.

"We're not even gonna ask how you know that!" Applejack told Fluttershy as Lloyd noticed the speed of the Bounty was picking up as they continued to throw everything overboard.

Applejack gave one last look at the Devourer before she noticed something. "Does anypony else think the Devourer looks bigger than it did before?"

They would agree with her before they saw it shed a bit of scales and grew bigger. It was right there and then Twilight found out something about it.

"The more it consumes, the bigger it gets! Just as the legend said! Don't throw anything else overboard!" Twilight shouted as Luna already through the teapot and the collar overboard and the Devourer ate both items.

The Bounty then flew towards the Gorge. "We made it to the Ghastly Gorge, hold on!" Starlight said as the Bounty navigated around the thorny cacti, falling rocks, and even the Quarry Eels.

The Eels snapped theirs jaws at the ship that invaded their homes, but then saw the Devourer slithering towards them. They panicked and dove back into their tunnels and out of the way of the larger Serpent. The Devourer came so close that the computer made a 3D Hologram that spooked both Thunder and Rarity. Trail went to the head of the ship as it was flying through the Gorge.

However, there was no sign of the Devourer anywhere. "Heh, we lost her," Landrush said, only to jinx it as the Devourer burst from below and sliced off the other thruster with its tail.

Alarms blared as everycreature held on to something. "Mayday! Mayday! We're going down!" Rainbow shouted.

"Abandon ship!" Aqua shouted. As the Bounty was going down, everyone on board was preparing to leave before Twilight and Flash quickly grabbed the five Serpentine eggs. As the Bounty crashed on the ground, everyone struggled to stay up as they felt the shaking from the crash.

Thunder and Gaia crashed through the Window and on to the deck. Everycreature else ran out as well.

"Goodbye, old friend," Frost said to the Bounty as he and his Falcon jumped off and the Ninja summoned their vehicles and Aqua’s suit as they moved away from the Bounty as it landed on its side.

They all bowed their heads or wiped their tears as the Great Devourer appeared again, eying the ship. The heroes headed for the rock and watched from a distance as the Great Devourer lifted the Destiny’s Bounty up with its mouth... and completely shattered it with one single crunch.

"No!" The Ninja and their friends cried out as they watched their second home be destroyed as the Devourer, finishing its snack, dove back underground to find more food.

"Unh, it's gone," Landrush said as each Ninja took off their hoods while the other laid down to catch their breath.

"That was too intense. All that action,” Trail said as he laid on his back. "Makes you so thirsty."

"I... can feel my heart beating by the second...” Fluttershy said as had her hoof on her chest and Rainbow Dash wrapped her wing around her to comfort her.

"There is no time for rest," Somnambula spoke up, "We must warn the creatures of Equestria before that monstrosity grows bigger." As it spoke the earth behind them moved from where the Devourer was traveling.

"Bigger? BIGGER?!" Thunder shouted, before pointing to what remained of the Bounty, "That thing, in just one huge bite, crushed our entire ship!"

"I'm with Thunder on this one!" Gaia shouted as she continued to speak without her accent. "What can we do against something like that?!"

"We need to save as many as we can," Thunder said as he started to pace around, sounding a little desperate. "Uh, uh, we'll find some kind of refuge, somewhere safe to hide. Ooh, the Serpentine Tombs! Yeah, they're underground. We'll be without sunlight, but they're perfect!"

"And what, just give up!?" Landrush asked him if he was serious.

"You know if we run, that overgrown worm is gonna make an all-you-can-eat buffet out of Equestria!" Applejack added.

Thunder just glared back at them. "And you know that we have no hope of stopping that thing!"

"General Arcturus stopped it before! By removing the fangs from it!" Rainbow retorted.

"And who knows how many Serpentine were eaten by it before they managed to defang that thing and to put it to sleep the first time!" Gaia argued as Twilight and Flash came between them.

"Hey, stop it! Listen to yourselves," Flash told them, "Is this what Sensei Wu and Celestia would've wanted?"

"Us fighting? Running and hiding? Giving up?" Twilight added, glaring at them.

"But they're not here anymore," Lloyd said in a sad tone. They all look down at the memory of them being eaten by the Devourer and still couldn't believe it.

"But their teachings live on," Flash reminded. "Sensei once told me it's not the size of a Ninja in a fight, but the size of the fight in the Ninja. All this training, all those battles we've had with skeletons and the Serpentine. We've persevered through so much; we can't just give up now. A Ninja never quits. A Ninja always picks himself up when he is down. Which is exactly what Sensei Wu and Celestia would want us to do right now."

"And you girls taught that as long as we're together, no power or creature can stop us!" Twilight added, "So now, let's pull together and stop the Great Devourer once and for all!"

"But how do we destroy a snake of that magnitude?" Frost asked.

"Yeah, it's not like we have an extra Sacred Flute lying around to charm it. Or wait, haha, how about one of our awesome dragons? Oh, I forgot. They took off and left us high and dry. Or we could use the Elements of Harmony if King Sombra hadn't smashed them and the Tree of Harmony into a million pieces, hey, what about out Golden Weapons and The Magic of Friendship rainbow laser? Which will do nothing against a snake that size!" Thunder listed at just how limited their options were, as he sank down to the ground "Heh, oh, we are so hooped."

"Ah, Thunder's right," Landrush said. "We would need a weapon so big."

"Or an idea that's even bigger," A familiar voice said before in a proof of magic, Discord appeared.

"Discord? Why are you here?" Fluttershy asked as they all were surprised to see him.

"Well, as the Lord of Chaos, I can sense when something big has happened. And given the formula this whole adventure has gone, I can assume that big ugly snake has finally been set free," Discord said before he walked over to Luna and gently padded her head. "But first, my condolences to you, Lulu. I'm deeply saddened about Tia and Wu’s sudden demise." He then snapped his talons and a rolled-up blueprint appeared. "Now then… perhaps this might help with things." He gave it to Flash and when he saw what it was, his eyes widened with hope.

""This could work! Thanks!" Flash told Discord before he turned to Thunder who was laying on his side. "And Thunder, you're a genius. You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Probably not, but go ahead," Thunder told him as he was laying on his side.

"There's no time! I'll fill you guys in on the way," he said as rushed out into the open.

"Wha-Where are we going?" Starlight asked him as she and the others felt very lost.

"We're going to destroy that snake and do what we always do," Flash said before turning to them with a smirk. "Try and save the world!"

Meanwhile at the entrance to the Fangpyre Tomb, the Serpentine had packed their things and were jumping in one by one after hearing about The Great Devourer was on a rampage. "Why did we lisssten to Pythor?" the Fangpyre General asked Skales. "Unleashing the Great Devourer wasss a horrible idea!”

"We should have lissstened to the Princesssss of Friendship!" the Constrictai General Added, slamming his staff down.

"This is all your fault!" the Venomari General blamed Skales as he and the others learned that Skales had helped Pythor manipulate them into unleashing the great Devourer and following him.

"How wasss I sssupposed to know he wasss mad?!" Skales defended, as he was just as surprised by the turn of events.

"You were hisss right hand! You should've known better!" the Fangpyre General retorted to his old friend, "And now, the Devourer will eat us all!"

Just then the Devourer slithered past them and the Serpentine quickly jumped into the tomb one by one.

"Out of my way, cowardssss!" Skales demanded as he and General slithered to the opening and bumped into each other.

"Me?! They're the cowardsss!" the Constrictai General argued.

"I'm the one sssurrounded by cowards!" the Venomari General retorted as the fell into the tomb.

"You three are the cowardsss!" the Fangpyre general finished as he closed the Entranced and the Devourer slithered on.

The group soon arrived to the junkyard of Thunder's parents on their Spinjitzu Vehicles before they stopped. Once their vehicles vanished, they gather around and took off their hoods. "Good idea, Flash," Landrush said. "If the Devourer likes to consume, this place is a full-on buffet." Thunder walked over to the trailer and knocked on the door only to get no response.

"Looks like my parents are gone," Thunder told the others.

"Good. Better for us, then," Discord said with a construction outfit and hardhat. He then placed the blueprints he had on the front of car and it showed the design for that looked like a combination of all the Ninja's vehicles as they all gathered around.

"Whoa!" The Young Six said.

"It's so awesome!" Rainbow squealed.

"All right. Frost, do you still have a recording of the Sacred Flute in your memory banks?" Flash asked as Lloyd and Cozy tried to see the Blue Prints but couldn't see past the others.

"It might've been destroyed earlier, but I have its exact tone recorded and ready for playback," Frost told Flash as he flipped up the panel on his left hoof and played a recording of the Sacred Flute.

"Good, and there should be enough spare parts around here to build this whopper," Flash said as he looked around the junkyard. "But we're gonna need to create our biggest Tornado of Creation yet. This is gonna be dangerous and we can't have anycreature around."

"Umm, you mean anycreature like her?" Pinkie asked as they all turned and saw Derpy the Mailpony arriving at the junkyard.

"Derpy?" Rainbow and Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, what's she doing here?" Landrush asked as Derpy put some letters in the Bolt and Scrip's mailbox. Thunder and Trail then went up to her.

"Aah!" Derpy yelped when she saw them. "I didn't see you two there. Are Ninja always sneaking around and giving ponies heart attacks?"

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you," Trail apologized. "But you need to get out of here, now."

"I'm sorry but I have a job to do too," Derpy said as she took out a couple of letters from her mail bag. "I have to deliver the mail."

"Look, Derpy, my parents aren't even here," Thunder said to her. "You really should be on your way."

"Oh, them too?" Derpy asked as she tapped her chin. "Uh, let me guess, are they at the ‘Take Back Equestria’ rally too?"

"Uh, ‘Take back Equestria’ rally?" Spike asked.

"What, you guys haven't heard? Everycreature’s getting together for a rally, organized by Rose Boral and Princess Cadance in Equestria City," Derpy explained as Gaia was surprised that her mother organized this event. "You know, to raise awareness about all the Serpentine problems that have been surfacing lately. I even heard the Royal Blacksmiths were gonna perform there too."

"Whoa. Would you look at that?" Lloyd said in an impressed tone. "You guys are inspirational."

"Wait a minute. Are you here because of the Serpentine?" Derpy asked the Ninja, not noticing the large green Serpent slithering towards the junkyard behind her. "Because wherever you guys are, trouble is always around the corner. So, I think I'll be leaving now 'cause whatever you guys are up to, I want no part of it.”

She then noticed the Ninja entering battle stances and turned to see the Devourer. "AAHH! G-g-g-giant S-s-snake!" she screamed before diving into a trashcan. The Devourer turned its attention to the Ninja before looking to the junkyard, licking its lips at all the options it had.

As the Devourer was wondering where it could start its meal, Flash told his friends, "Hey! It's now or never, guys! Ninja, GO!"

He started off the formation for the Tornado of Creation with his element. "Wind!"

"Fire!" Trail called his element.

"Earth!" Landrush shouted his.

"Life!" Gaia called her element.

"Lightning!" Thunder called out.

"Ice!" Frost was last.

Soon, the Ninja combined their elements into the Tornado of Creation. As the Tornado was gathering a few items in the junkyard, the Mane Six, Young Seven, the Pillars, Discord, Aqua, Lloyd, and Starlight were holding on as do not get caught up in the Tornado. The Devourer watched in confusion as the Ninja turned its food into a combination tank comprising of all the Ninja Vehicles.

"Frost, now!" Flash ordered as it Frost fired a sound blast of the Sacred Flute's song at the Devourer. But it caught on to what they were doing and dodged.

"Frost, what was that?!" Landrush asked when he missed. "This isn't target practice! You're supposed to hit her, not give her a haircut!"

"May I remind you, we just magically whipped up this heap of junk," Frost told him.

"Well, I hope one of us created a reverse feature, because...” Trail said as he noticed the Devourer was about to attack. "Reverse!"

"How's this for reverse?!" Thunder shouted as he pulled a lover and the tank moved back when the Devourer slammed its jaw in the ground.

The tank just kept on dodging the Devourer's attacks and Frost tried to fire another blast but the giant snake dodged it again.

"Aw man, they'll never get it if it keeps moving around like that!" Smolder said as the Ninja moved the battle outside the junkyard.

Rockhoof nodded, "Aye, we need somethin’ ta distract the Devourer long enough for the Njnja to blast its ears off," he said.

Discord then cleared his throat. "Ahem, wouldn’t it be lucky if we had somepony who has a way with animals of any size and a move that stops anything in its tracks?" he asked exasperatedly as he turned into neon signs and pointed at Fluttershy.

Fluttershy, realizing what was happening whimpered. "Oh dear."

"We know you don't like doing it, Fluttershy, but we need you now more than ever," Twilight said as the Ninja dodged another attack. "They won't hold out much longer if this keeps up."

Fluttershy saw the Ninja fighting with the Devourer before it knocked them away. So, swallowing her fear she flew towards the giant Serpent, "Excuse me, Ms. Great Devourer?" she asked politely as the Devourer turned its attention to the yellow pegasus, surprised that she could understand her.

Fluttershy saw the endless hunger in its eyes but pushed on "Um, I know you're really hungry, and I'm sure everything looks tasty, but you should understand that you can't just go around eating everything in sight. It's impolite." She said to the Devourer as the Ninja worked to right themselves.

The Devourer then roared at Fluttershy blowing her mane back. Though surprised at first, Fluttershy then looked angry. "How dare you use language like that, lady?! Equestria is everycreatures' home, NOT your personal restaurant! And as a creature yourself, you should respect others and your place in Equestria!" she scolded the Devourer but the snake remained steadfast. Fluttershy sighed, seeing she had no choice.

"What's Fluttershy doing?!" Gaia asked when they saw her near the Devourer.

"Helping us," Flash answered as he knew what she was about to do.

"Very well, just remember: you brought this upon yourself!" Fluttershy said with her eyes closed... before she opened them, unleashing the Stare! The Devourer was about to roar when got one look at the Stare and felt itself freeze up a bit at the same time it was trying to eat her. Fluttershy opened her eyes wider for a more effective way to use the Stare.

"She immobilized it! Now we just have to keep it from eating her!" Frost called out.

"How's this?" Gaia asked as she fired two grappling hook claws from the side of the tank and grabbed hold of the Devourer.

The Devourer roared in surprise as Fluttershy flew back down and hyperventilate into a bag.

"Good job Fluttershy!" Rainbow complimented as the Ninja reeled the Devourer in place.

"Frost quickly! Before it gets away!" Trail said as the pulled as hard as they could. "Now, Frost, now!"

"Charm your way out of this!" Frost said as he fired the sound blast at the Devourer, finally making impact, knocking it down as the flute song echoed throughout the area.

"It's working!" Flash Magnus shouted as the Devourer growled in pain from the song of the Flute being blasted at it. Flash Sentry then noticed something on top of its forehead. It looked like a glowing green dot and he had an idea of what it is.

"It's got a weak spot!" Flash told the others, but the volume of the song was too loud for them to even hear him.

"What?!" they shouted as they did not notice the Devourer's tail rising up from behind the tank.

"On its forehead, it has a--" Flash was cut off when the tail truck where Frost is and stopped the song.

"FROST!!!" They all screamed in fear as the Devourer slithered away.

"Is everypony okay?" Twilight asked.

"Where's Frost?!" Lloyd asked frantically.

Then from under the rubble Frost spoke, "Right here." He pushed the rubble away, showing he was alright but half of his face was missing revealing his robotic nature. "That was close."

"Too close," Trail sigh in relief.

"Perfect. Now that was a total failure," Thunder complained as they hopped out of the tank.

"Not total," Flash spoke up. "Did any of you notice what's on her forehead? It has a weak spot."

"Oh, great, let me make a note of that:" Thunder said, pretending to write something. "Giant snake has wee, itty-bitty weak spot that'll be TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO HIT BECAUSE THAT THING IS TOO INCREDIBLE HUGE TO DO ANYTHING TO STOP IT!!!" he screamed and panted.

"Are you done?" Starlight asked as Thunder took a breath in and smiled.

"Yes," he said as Starlight crossed her hooves.

"Because our problems just got worse," she said, before pointing at the Devourer. "Look at the direction it's going." They all turned and finally realized what destination the Devourer was heading for.

"It's heading towards Equestria City!" Applejack shouted.

"But that's where my mother is," Gaia said in a worry tone.

"So is my dad!" Landrush added.

"And my parents!" Thunder put in.

"And all of our families along with everycreature else!" Sandbar finishes.

"If it consumes the biggest city in all of Equestria, there will be no stopping it," Luna told them ominously as they all looked on in dread as the Devourer was barreling towards the unsuspecting city.

Meanwhile in the heart of Equestria City creatures of all kinds had gathered around The Royal Blacksmiths, Octavia, Vinyl Scratch, Countess Coloratura, Songbird Serenade, singing, "Hey, hey what do we say? We want snakes' warring ways to slither away!~" at the front were the families of the Mane 7, Ninja and Young Six with Rose and Cadence at the front smiling.

"This event was a perfect idea, Ms. Boral," Cadance said to the rich mare. "With all this awareness, we may be able to convince the Serpentine and the other creatures to live in peace with each other."

Rose bowed to the princess. "Thank you, your Highness. My daughter and her friends helped me realize that only by working together through understanding and friendship, can we truly have peace," she said before looking around with a confused frown. "On that note though, where is my daughter and her friends?"

"Huh, come to think of it, Twilight and her friends aren't here either," Cadence noted, as she knew with that such a large gathering of friendship and unity and as ruler of Equestria, Twilight was sure to make an appearance.

In the subway system the station monitor noticed something, "Hey that's odd," he said as he noticed a red dot traveling on one of the routes. "The system is saying there's a train entering the city on Track 9."

"Oh, we don't have any trains entering on Track 9," his partner said, thinking it was a kind of glitch. Meanwhile on the platform, the ponies and other creatures waited for their train but then felt a rumble, which sounded much larger and faster than a train.

"Well, there’s something big coming our way!" the station monitor said as, barreling out of the tunnel was the Great Devourer. The creatures screamed in terror as the Devourer growled in hunger. Soon it burst out of the subway and let out a frightening roar causing everycreature to run away in fear of the Devourer.

"AHH! What is that thing?!" Rose screamed in terror.

Cadence turned pale as, even though this was the first time she every saw this creature, she knew all too well what it was. "The Great Devourer...” She whispered as she, Rose and the performers moved out of its tail slamming down on the stage, destroying it.

Thunder's parents went to their vehicle just as it was eying it. Bolt tried to start the engine but it wouldn't work, "Oh, boy. Oh guys. Oh, golly. Oh, duh!" he said as the Devourer got closer to him and Scrip.

Just then the Ninja arrived on their vehicles and the repaired tank and saw the Devourer and Thunder's Parents. "Mom? Dad?!" Thunder called out for them in dread before he leapt out of his jet and onto his parent's car. "Leave my parents alone! LIGHTNING!" he shouted, using his Nun-Chucks to shoot lightning at the Devourer, forcing it back.

The Great Devourer then began to slither around the park as everycreature ran for their lives. Trail flipped over some chariots before standing in front of the Devourer's path.

"Fire!" Trail called out his element as he shot a stream of flames at the Great Devourer.

"Life!" Gaia called out her element jabbing her Sais into the ground, creating vines that anchored the Devourer in place.

From behind, a news reporter mare and camera-stallion were recording the battle via magical projection in their news cart. "Are you getting this?" the reporter asked the camera-stallion.

"Roll camera!" he answered as he caught the Devourer raising its tail, only for it to be obscured by something. The two looked and saw it was Landrush lifting their news cart.

"Mind if I borrow this?" he asked before he threw the van at the Devourer.

"Go, Ninja, go!" the reporter cheered as the Ninja regrouped. The Devourer then threw its tail hook at them.

"Ice!" Frost called his element as he frozen the Devourer's tail.

Flash then took to the skies and harnessing the power of the wind, his body, his Bo, and his eyes glowed. "Wind!" Flash shouted as soared down toward the Devourer like a bullet and hit right in the face knocking it down.

"Alright!/Yeah/Way to go!" The others cheered as Flash remained airborne even after powering down.

Then the Devourer rose its head up, started to wheeze rapidly from some dust that got in its nose before. "AH-AH-AHH-CHOO!!!" It sneezed, spewing green slime from its mouth, before it growled at Flash angrily as its eyes glowed yellow and green.

Flash chuckled sheepishly. "Eh-heh-heh, sorry?" he apologized sheepishly before the Devourer roared.

Suddenly the sun turned to a sickly green, with the sky reflecting that color too. It then opened its mouth towards Flash and erupting from it was a burst of green noxious fire. Flash yelped and spun his Bo to deflect the flames only for it to blast himself straight into the side of Building.

"FLASH!!" Twilight screamed as she ran to his aid.

"Wh-what's happening?!" Landrush asked in worry.

"What happened to the sun?!" Pinkie asked.

Star Swirl's eyes widened as his pupils became pinpoints. "Oh, no. Could it be?" he wondered, as he turned to the Devourer while green embers started coming from its mouth. "The Devourer… It's using Celestia's magic somehow! It's drawing power from the sun itself!"

"WHAT?!" they all screamed as the Devourer smirked at its new power and then used it to thaw the ice around its tail enough for it to break free and slam it down on the ground.

Thunder winced and turned to the others. "Uh yeah, and I think we only made it mad." He said nervously.

Elsewhere in a tea shop, Garmadon stepped through the doorway and went up to the counter while the owner had her back turned to him. "Traveler's Tea," he requested.

"Only a fool requests Traveler's Tea," the old mare told Garmadon before she turned to look at him. When she saw it was him, she had a nervous grin on her face and corrected herself. "But you are not a fool. Uh, let me go get some in the back." She then went to fetch some for him.

"And I am here live, caught in the middle of an epic Ninja versus snake battle!"

Garmadon turned to the TV and saw something that made his blood freeze. It was the very snake that bit his hoof that fateful day, now a hundred times bigger and fighting against his enemies.

"Creatures of Equestria, I have never seen bravery like this before. But I fear the Ninja, the Council of Friendship, and even our Princess or Friendship, are no match for a beast this size. All creatures are recommended to flee or run away, waving their arms wildly while screaming like little children,“ the reporter said as the battle went on.

Garmadon growled, knowing the Ninja had the key to destroying the Devourer but did not have the power to use it like he--

His train of thought was stopped as a realization came to him, "Wait, hmm…" he pondered to himself as a devious smirk came to him. "What a golden opportunity."

The old mare came back with Traveler's Tea and Garmadon took it. "Thank you, and I hope to see you again," he said before walking out the door, quietly laughing to himself, as he now had a chance to take his revenge on the Devourer AND accomplish his goal.

Back in Equestria City, the Ninja and the Mane Six were getting up from the ground from an attack that The Great Devourer used on them as it continued its rampage. They were then all knocked back again when it slammed its head on the ground. But before the Devourer could chomp down on them again, Aqua flew in, grabbing a lamp pole and wedging it between its jaws.

"Samurai to the rescue!" Thunder said as the Devourer struggled to shake them out of its mouth.

"Again!" Rainbow added.

Lloyd, riding with Aqua in the suit, smelled the Devourer's breath and gagged, "Ugh, her breath smells worse than Landrush's chili!" he commented.

Landrush raised a brow at the insult. "HEY!" he called out.

The Great Devourer then slammed its head against the building causing the Samurai suit to malfunction and worst the pole was starting to bend.

"Sis, Lloyd, get out there!" Trail told them.

Aqua, now regretting her choice, tried to pull the mech away but could not. "I can't! The controls are frozen! We're stuck!" she said as the Devourer was close to closing its jaws on them as the two panicked.

But then just as the others rushed to help them, something big and white struck the Devourer from behind.

"We go away for a few months and things go out of control." the voice of someone Flash was familiar with was heard. The Ninja looked up and saw that what attacked the Devourer was a large white Dragon, with silver and gold spikes on its body and four legs. But was the most shocking was that the Dragon had six heads marked with different colored elemental symbols. Six heads… that were very familiar.

"Hey is that…?" Thunder spoke up.

Then the head with the dark blue markings grinned at him. "Miss us, guys?" It spoke with Wisp's voice.

"Wisp?!" Thunder exclaimed.

"Flame?!" Trail gasped.

"Rocky!" Landrush said.

"Shard?!" Frost spoke up.

"Nimbus!" Flash shouted.

"Orchy! Our dragons are back!" Gaia rejoiced with a bright smile.

"Back and better than ever!" Orchy said as they flew around and roared.

"It appears dragons go through a metamorphosis when they reach adulthood," Frost theorized.

"Some of us do, but that...” Smolder told him before she pointed at their dragons, or dragon. "That's so awesome!!" she cheered.

"That's right, we aren't just a dragon anymore!" Rocky said as they soared around in circles, "Now we're an... "

"Ultra Dragon!" all six heads roared in unison.

Luna laughed. "It would seem they too have found their own True Potential!" she said.

"Heh, well, they couldn't have chosen at better time to return!" Gaia said as Ultra Dragon dove towards the Devourer. "Go and give that beast a good show, Orchy!"

"You got it!" Ultra Dragon replied.

They circled back around and let out an ice breath right towards the neck of the Devourer. "Ice!" Frost called out.

Next, Ultra Dragon flew high before unleashing a powerful fireball at the Devourer. "Fire!" Trail declared.

Ultra Dragon then zoomed towards the Devourer as a Mini-Tornado. "Wind!" Flash shouted.

Soon, Ultra Dragon made a sharp turn and shot bolts of Lightning at the giant snake. "Lightning!" Thunder called out.

Before the Devourer could recover, Ultra Dragon flew up and wrapped the Devourer in vines. "Life!" Gaia yelled.

Finallly, Ultra Dragon curled into a ball and delivered a heavy attack to the Devourer's head, making it dizzy. "Earth!" Landrush shouted.

In its daze the Devourer crashed its head into a building causing it to drop Aqua and Lloyd. Ultra Dragon then caught them before they hit the ground. After they set them down, the Devourer began to climb its way up a building just as Ultra Dragon was flying by.

The Devourer fired blasts of green flames at the Dragon but it dodges them with ease, "Ha! You call those fireballs!?" Flame mocked as the Ultra Dragon unleashed a barrage of elemental attacks on the giant snakes.

"Haha! Could dragons get any cooler?! Seriously!" Rainbow asked.

"All dragons are awesome already!" Spike said as he and Smolder high-fived. Ultra Dragon unleashed one more fire blast at the Devourer before it started slithering down the building.

"Yes! it's running away!" Trail said as Ultra Dragon flew away.

"Great job, guys!" Nimbus said as Ultra Dragon came in for a landing but then... the Devourer's tail burst out of the ground and smacked the dragon upwards.

"No!!" they all shouted before the Devourer used its tail to whacked Ultra Dragon hard to the ground.

"No!" Gaia shouted when Ultra Dragon crashed and she over to see if it's okay.

"It's... too strong...” Flames grunted in pain.

"We can't beat it... even with us like this...” Shard added.

"What now?!" Aqua asked as they were out of options, or were they? Twilight was looking around and thinking on how to stop the Great Devourer till she got a look of the six Golden Weapons of Spinjitzu before coming up with an idea.

"Your Weapons!" Twilight shouted getting the Ninja attention. "Alone they're not enough, but with all six of them combined, it might be enough to destroy the Devourer once and for all!"

"…That could work," Flash said as the Ninja looked to each other as none of them noticed a certain alicorn behind them. "If we could unleash the Weapons' power right on the Devourer's weak spot, we could finally stop it!"

"Great idea! Except for the fact somepony needs to hold all six Weapons to create enough power, and in case anyone forgot: nopony can handle all that power without being totally disintegrated!" Trail reminded them of what happened if someone were to hold all six Golden Weapons.

"Except for me!" they all turned to see Garmadon standing not too far from where they are.

"Garmadon?!" they all said, while the Pillars and Discord were surprised by Garmadon's new form.

Discord was the first to express his thoughts. “Whoa… I did not expect to see that,” he remarked before pulling out a small black booklet titled “List of the Most Unexpected”. “This one’s gonna be a full-pager.”

"You came back!" Lloyd said when he saw his dad here.

"Give me the Weapons," Garmadon told them. "I'm the only one who can handle their power of all six Weapons at once. It's just Princess Twilight said: it's the only thing that'll defeat the Devourer."

The Ninja turned to each other, very unsure about this. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! You're not really going to give him the Weapons, are you?" Rainbow asked.

"But Garmadon is right. Like it or not, we have to give him the Weapons," Applejack reminded.

"Uh, but I thought we were supposed to do everything in our power not to let him possess the weapons?" Thunder asked as Garmadon deadpanned at them. Were they really going to question this now?

"I've ran every other scenario through my servers," Frost told them. "It appears to be the only way."

"Flash, it's your call," Gaia said as Flash looked out in the city and saw the Devourer continuing its rampage. He then closed his eyes and gripped his Bo tight.

"Give me the weapons," Garmadon repeated. "Only I can destroy it. Or prepare to watch--"

"Quit your yammering and just do it!" Flash shouted before he tossed his Weapon to Garmadon. Knowing that Equestria was worth making a deal with the devil. "When you have a chance to make the blow, it has a weak spot near her forehead." The others soon gave their weapons to Garmadon.

"Uh, I don't think this needs to be said, but we're gonna need those back." Thunder told Garmadon.

Garmadon then let out an almost silent chuckle, he finally had the Weapons in hooves. He then turned to the Ninja, "I'll do my part. You just make sure she stays in one spot!" He told them before he ran off, laughing evilly the whole way.

"’Stays in one spot’? ‘Stays in one spot’?!" Thunder repeatedly asked. "How are we supposed to do that?!" Before they saw the Devourer consume more before it shed its scales and group bigger.

"Don't forget: we're Ninja," Flash reminded as the Devourer saw him. "Hey you! Feeling hungry, you legless lizard!? Well, Flash Sentry is on the Menu!" he shouted as he flew away and the Devourer chased him through the streets.

Flash took sharp turns and dodged some debris as he led the Devourer to where he wanted to go before Trail tagged in. "On you, bro!"

"Leave it to me!" Trail told before he glared at the Devourer. "Come on, you overgrown worm, take the bait!" The Devourer glared at him before roaring, "Come and get me!" Trail shouted before he ran from it.

He zoomed through city, parking lots, roof tops until he reached Landrush's position. "Nice run. Now I'll take it from here," Landrush said as they hoof-bumped and he baited the Devourer this time. "Whoo-hoo!" he whooped as he ran into the public garden.

"I'll take it from here!" Gaia shouted to Landrush as she summoned a couple of vines that wrapped around her front hooves. "Come and eat your greens, you overgrown belt!" She then used the vines on her hooves to swing from building to building as the Devourer gave chase to her. She then ran into a construction area and passed by Thunder. "She's all yours, dear," she said as the Devourer looked around and saw Thunder.

"Looking for me?" he asked as the snake narrowed its eyes at him. It lunged but he dodged the attacks, then he used his powers to fly up the building as it tried to follow. Thunder made his way over to a construction site with the giant serpent on his tail. He soon leaped in the unfinished building just when the Devourer was about to bite down on him. He then used his elemental power to escape the bite and fly up the building where Frost is waiting at the top.

"What took you so long?" Frost asked as Thunder landed.

"Save the humor, Frost," Thunder said they started running. "Now's not the time."

"Instead of a fire escape, how about an ice escape?!" Frost quipped as they slid down an ice slide Frost made as the Devourer still chased them.

"Haha, nice one, Frost," Thunder laughed before he yelped after almost sliding off only for Frost to catch him. The two continue to ice surf away from the Great Devourer and Frost created more when the Devourer destroyed part of the slide. But then they ran out of ice and fly off as the Devourer opens its mouth wide. "No, no!" Thunder screamed as the Devourer prepared to fire again.

... But then at the last second, "NOW!" Ultra Dragon caught the two and missed the Devourer's jaws.

"That was close!" Wisp said as they flew with the rest of the Ninja on their back.

"You think it's working?" Thunder asked.

"We're about to find out," Flash said as they looked down from where the Devourer started chasing them to the end. They followed its long body through the buildings, down the alleys, through the garden, into the Construction area, and over the roof tops and soon saw the Devourer was hooked by its own tail and couldn't break free.

The Ninja cheered and landed with the others on the roof, "Wonderful job, friends! That revolting beast never knew what was really going on," Rarity declared.

Luna looked around and back at the Devourer still trying to shake loose as its weak spot was exposed. "Now where's Garmadon? That's not going to hold her for long!" she said as Lloyd looked up.

"Hey look!" They turned upwards as the skies turned dark and cloudy, where somepony was standing on top of the building over the Devourer's head. "Dad!" Garmadon glared down at the very snake that ruined his life as it looked at him, recognizing him as the same colt she bit all those years ago.

"You are the reason evil runs through my blood!" Garmadon spoke to the Devourer as dark energy surge through his horn and into the Golden Weapons. The clouds above him then started to swirl as he prepared to strike before a thunderbolt struck down an energy surge went everywhere. "You bit me once! Now feel what it's like to be bitten back!" Garmadon then leaped off the building and straight down towards the Devourer's weak spot.

"Go get her, Dad," Lloyd whispered as he saw his father fall.

Garmadon picked up speed as dove straight down the Serpent. "Vengeance will be mine!" he declared. Everycreature watched in awe as the Weapons glowed brighter as Garmadon neared the head.

But everyone was so distracted by Garmadon that nobody saw the smirk on the Devourer's face or heard the slight chuckle from it as it silent said in a male voice, "Fools."

Then in a blink of an eye, Garmadon stuck the Devourer's weak spot, as its eyes turned green and roared one last time before exploding into a tsunami of green slime that flooded the streets and scattered all over the city. Everyone in the city got covered in the green slime before they all cheered with excitement over the Devourer being gone for good.

"He did it," Thunder said.

"No, we did it!" Landrush corrected him as everyone in the city celebrated.

"AW YEAH!!" Rainbow cheered as everycreature danced in the streets.

Down below in the tombs, the Serpentine heard creatures’ voices of joy. "Issss that cheering?" the Constrictai General asked his fellow Generals.

"The Great Devourer mussst've been dessstroyed." the Fangpyre General guessed.

"Ssso Pythor'sss plan failed," the Venomari General said, not feeling bad at the loss of their mad leader.

Skales was in silent thought, realizing that with Pythor gone, there was now a void in the place of leadership for the Serpentine. "Sssomecreature has to lead now," he said, seeing an opportunity.

Back within the city, everycreature cheered for the Ninja and the Mane Six as well as the Young Seven for they have saved the day. "Ooh, our little Ninja," Scrip said as she and her husband hugged their son.

Step Rush approached with his group. "My son, hero of Equestria city!" he said as the two hugged.

Rose then approached Gaia with smile. "I couldn't be prouder of you if I tried, my dear Gaia," she said as the two hugged. Then Ultra Dragon landed behind them and Gaia ran up To Orchy's head.

"Haha, it's wonderful to have you back, my lovely Orchid," Gaia said as she hugged Orchy's head.

"Heh, the new voice is gonna take a while to get used to, but it's good to be back, Gaia," Orchy said as the Mane 6 and Young Seven reunited with their families as well.

Lloyd then looked around and realized something. "I don't see my dad," he told the others.

"He should be around here somewhere," Flash said as Frost was using his robotic eye to scan for any signs of Garmadon around.

"Your analysis is incorrect," Frost told him. "He is not here."

"Then our Golden Weapons are gone too," Landrush complained.

"Agh, we should've known he wouldn't give 'em back!" Applejack growled, throwing her hat to the ground.

Aqua then noticed a trail of six hoofprints leading out towards in alley, "Look, his hoof prints!" she said.

"I get the feeling we'll be seeing your father real soon," Trail said to Lloyd.

"I know, but that's what worries me," Lloyd said, knowing he still had to fight his father someday.

Twilight then ruffled his mane. "Hey, what matters now is that the Great Devourer is finally gone and everycreature is still here," she said.

Lloyd teared up a bit. "Not everycreature," he said sadly as they all looked down still saddened by the loss of--

"Look!" Luna cried out as they saw the two ponies in the goo down below.

"Sensei Wu!" Landrush smiled.

"Celestia?!" Twilight asked in surprised as they saw the two stand up and couldn't help but feel overjoyed. "They're alive!!"

"Wow!" Aqua said.

"Hey would you look at that! They survived!" Thunder said as the jumped down and ran toward them. Wu and Celestia saw and held out their hooves with smile. Lloyd jumped into his uncle's hooves and hugged him while Luna, And Twilight hugged Celestia.

"I was so scared we'd never see you again!" Twilight cried with joy while Luna nuzzled her sister's chest.

"Shh, don't worry, my faithful student," Celestia comforted as the three pulled away. "I'm not going anywhere,"

Wu then put Lloyd down and waded through the slime, "I can't tell you how glad we are to see you!" he said, pulling out his teapot. "The Great Devourer left a very bad taste in my mouth." He then poured himself and Celestia two cups of tea. The two drank and smiled from the taste.

"Ahh, much better. And still hot!" Wu commented.

"I guess that's one good thing the Devourer could do: keep tea nice and warm," Celestia joked as they all laughed.

Cozy then remembered something and looked around, "Hey, what happened to Pythor?"

"We don't know," Celestia said. "Last we saw him, he fell into deeper into the Devourer's stomach."

"You don't think he was…" Ocellus gulped, "digested?"

They all shuddered. "That's not a pleasant way to go," Gallus commented.

"Just remember young ones, that's what happens to creatures like that," Mistmane told them just as Discord appeared with the five Serpentine eggs.

"Not saying this to add things on your plate, but these eggs are shaking," he said as he showed them they are.

"Oh my, they're hatching!!" Fluttershy said excitedly as Discord gently placed the eggs down and they all watched as cracks began to form on them.

One by one the four eggs that Twilight cracked open, revealing a Sapphire blue and pink spotted Hypnobrai, a red and black Fangpyre, a sandy yellow and black Constrictai, and a lime green Venomari.

"Aww," they all said as the babies looked at them. Then Trail noticed the last egg.

"Hey Flash, looks like your egg still hasn't hatched yet," he said as they all turned to see the last egg. Before they could assume the egg was a dude, the shell cracked open as a long purple tail popped out of it, along with the rest of its body, minus it head covered by an eggshell. The ponies held their breath as they knew only one Serpentine species had purple skin.

"It's a... a...” Twilight started as the baby snake flipped off the egg shell on its revealing itself to be...

"An Anacondrai!?" the Ninja said in surprise as the baby Anacondrai smiled at them.

"Aaawww!" All the girls said.

"Huh, I guess with Pythor gone, this little guy’s the last Anacondrai ever," Thunder said as Flash and Twilight picked up each baby Serpentine carefully.

"Girl. This little girl is the last one," Fluttershy said as she to look at them with a glimmer in her eyes. "Just as the Hypnobrai and Venomari are girls too. And both the Fangpyre and Constrictai are boys."

"Heh, well it's good to have you and Celestia back, Uncle," Lloyd said, turning back to her uncle while the others looked at the baby Serpentine. "But my father left and took the Golden Weapons with him!"

"Ah, very true," Wu said as he placed a hoof on Lloyd's shoulder. "The ability of the Weapons is truly great, but the ability to better oneself makes you limitless."

"I couldn't have said it any better myself," Star Swirl said.

"Besides, we have what is most important: you," Flash said, placing a hoof on Lloyd's shoulder with a smile

Wu smiled. "The pupils have become the masters," he said.

"Am I really gonna have to fight my father one day?" Lloyd asked.

"One day. But today we can feel good that Equestria is saved, for tomorrow you will train for the day," Celestia answered and walked around them. "Good will finally face evil and a final outcome will be decided for all of time."

"Uh, but don't worry. We're gonna teach you everything we know," Trail said.

"Train you until you find your own True Potential," Gaia added.

"And make sure you're prepared for that fight!" Thunder spoke up.

"Because as we all know, good will always stand up to evil," Landrush joined in.

"And Ninja will always stand up for what is right," Frost said.

"Because Ninja never quit!" Flash finished as the other smiled and the seven Ninja jumped into the air.

"Go, Ninja. Go!" They declared.

Pinkie then smiled. "Come everycreature, let's get this party back on track!" she said as everycreature got to work rebuilding the city.

Down below in the sewers, a blob of slime rested on the side. And then a white and purple hand burst out of it as a familiar Serpentine wheezed and gasped for air and crawling out of the slime. "What? What happened?" Pythor asked, his voice low and raspy, he then looked down at the water below him and he was horrified to see that his purple and black scaly exterior had turned white and purple.

"No. No! NNNOOO!!!" Pythor roared with anger. He then scowled with hatred, knowing who was responsible for this. "You will pay for this, Ninja! And so will you, Celestia! I promise you… will.. pay..." With that, Pythor slithered off into the darkness, vowing revenge upon all who wronged him.

Later that night, near the statues of Tirek and Chrysalis stood Garmadon with an evil grin on his face. "You both nearly had Equestria as yours. One took the place of Princess Cadence, while the other stole magic from everypony. But in the end, this was your fate," he told the statues before he held up the Golden Weapons. "But if I'm going to rule Equestria, I'm going to need some backup."

His power flow through the weapons before he blasted the statues with a beam from all six Weapons.

The statue began to crack and crumble and then in a burst of light, Queen Chrysalis and Lord Tirek collapse on the ground, dazed and confused.

"What? What happened?!" Tirek asked holding his head.

"Where am I?" Chrysalis asked before she looked ahead and saw Garmadon smirking at them. She then stood up and hissed, "Who are you? What do you want?!"

Tirek stood up as well but he squinted at the stallion and then gasped. "Lord Garmadon? Is that you?" He asked.

Garmadon nodded. "It's been a long time, Tirek," he said pleasantly as he offered Tirek some magic, restoring the centaur's vitality and strength, before turning to Chrysalis. "As for why I released you Chrysalis, I require some help, in turning Equestria into my image."

Tirek and Chrysalis glanced at each other before turning to Garmadon. "Is revenge involved in this?" Tirek asked.

"Oh revenge, and so much more…" Garmadon promised with a devious smirk. Tirek and Chrysalis smirked back and nodded.

"We're in," Chrysalis said as Tirek crossed his arms.

Garmadon smirk grew, "Excellent, then together we will defeat the Ninja and Council of Friendship, and then! We will claim Equestria as ours!" he declared as all three of them erupted with evil laughter into the night.

Author's Note

Be prepared for when Garmadon returns, three of Equestria's most dangerous enemies will return and is now trying to keep his son from reaching his true potential.

But Lloyd will be taught by the six ninjas on how to control his power and reach his true potential. But little do either side know that they're part of a bigger role.

Be ready for "The Legend of the Light Ninja"

Chapter 1: Rise of the Snakes

Author's Note

I figured that since Flash Sentry was a royal guard before, he would take training seriously. You know what I mean?

Also, I named Flash's dragon Nimbus and Gaia's Orchy.

If you got an idea for what colours the main six's Spinjitzu should look, leave your thoughts in the comments

Chapter 1: Rise of the Snakes

In the mystical land of Equestria, on top of a mountain stands the monastery of Spinjitzu. Home to the masters of Spinjitzu. Flash Sentry, Master of Wind, Trail Blazer, Master of Fire, Thunder Crack, Master of Lightning, Landrush, Master of Earth, Gaia, Master of Life, and Frost Gear, Master of Ice. With in the monastery, meditating in front of smoke is their teacher, Sensei Wu. As he meditates, he can hear the sounds of the ninjas grunting as if they are training. "Fire strike!" Wu heard Trail shouted, causing him to stop meditating. "Oh, my gosh, is that the greatest move you've ever seen?"

"Stop trying to do it yourself. We need to attack as a team." Wu heard Landrush say as Wu parted the doors to his room and to the training ground, only to find Flash the only one training with the golden Bo of Wind. After Flash spun the bo around his back and took a battle stands at a dummy, he saw Wu and by the look on his face, he knew Wu wants to know where the others are. But they both know where they are.

"Frost, why are you wasting your special attack on me? You have to save it." Thunder told Frost. As both Wu and Flash hear them grunt more, they made their way to where they are. "Fantastic, I'm out of lives!" They heard Thunder complained as they slid open a door and find them playing a video game.

"Then it's my turn, bolt for brains." Gaia said as took the game controller from Thunder.

"But the lesson lives on, and I am getting the hang of it. Hee-yah!" Frost shouted as he played the game. They were so focus on the game that they didn't see Wu whisk by them.

"Okay, now!" Landrush told the others as they were getting close to beating the final boss. Just when one of their avatars were about to end it, the game shut off because Wu pulled the plug. When they saw Wu hold the plug, everyone but Flash groan in frustration.

"What happened?!" Thunder exclaimed.

"It took us three hours to get there!" Landrush complained.

"Why would you do that? Why?" Thunder asked Wu.

"Just because Lord Garmadon escape through a vortex, doesn't mean he won't return one day for the golden weapons of Spinjitzu." Wu told his pupils.

"But Sensei Wu, ever since he's been gone, Equestria has nothing but peace." Frost spoke up.

"Yeah, peace is boring. There's no one to save, there's nothing to do." Thunder complained.

"We can train tomorrow." Gaia said as she lay back.

"Never put off tomorrow what can be done today." Wu told them.

"Well, I was going to eat this pizza tomorrow so if that's the case." Landrush said as was about to eat a pizza slice before Wu kicked it out of his hoof.

"No pizza for you! In order to reach your full potential you must train!" Wu told them.

"Uh, remember when we did a little something called the Tornado of Creation?" Trail asked. "I thought that was pretty insane."

"You six have nearly scratched the surface of your full potential." Wu said while they just laz around. "There are still so many secrets you have yet to unlock. You haven't even begun to tap into what powers your golden weapons hold."

"Sensei Wu is right." Flash spoke up. "I feel we can do more with these weapons, instead of using them to warm up pizza." He said as he picked up Trail's Sword of Fire and knocked off the pizza on it.

"You want to talk secret powers, check this out." Landrush said as he used his Scythe of Quakes to carefully plug Wu pulled out back in. Once it was back on, they started to play again while Flash just rolled his eyes.

"Don't worry master, we will be ready when Lord Garmadon returns." Frost told him.

"Yeah, what are the odds that he returns right now?" Gaia asked before Aqua ran into the room with a concern look on her face.

"Guys, I just got a letter from Princess Twilight! She says Lord Garmadon has returned! She says that he was spotted approaching Ponyville!" Aqua told them before the ninja quickly got up and bumped or tipped over each as they scramble to get their weapons. Flash already had his ninja hood up and out while Aqua picked up Thunder's nunchucks and gave them to him while the others followed Flash out.

"Uh t-thanks..." Thunder said with a small blush.

"Hurry!" Aqua quickly told him.

"Okay!" Thunder said as he puts on his hood and ran out. The ninja made their way outside and down some steps as they are in their dragon master gis. They made their way to the dragon keep where Flash pulled down a lever and the gates to them went down. One of the gates hit Frost on the head before he pushed it off him and they each made their way to their dragons. After Landrush jumped on his dragon, his scythe fell out and drop to the ground. Thunder did some somersaults over his dragon, but overshot his seat and bounced off the dragon's head before hitting the ground. Gaia flipped over to her dragon, only for her to face the wrong way in her seat. Wu shook his hand at this sloppy work of theirs.

"Uh, can I help?" Aqua asked her brother as he packed his bag before jumping on his dragon.

"Sorry sis, where we go, danger abounds. This is a job for the ninja." Trail told Aqua before he realized he couldn't reach the rings to help with flying his dragon. "Uh, a little help?" He asked Aqua before she did while shacking her head. Their dragons then took flight and made their way to Ponyville.

"Will they ever reach their full potential?" Aqua asked Wu.

"In time. Maybe long time, but in time." Wu said.

The dragons flew across the skies as they made their way to Ponyville. "Just like old times, huh Orchy?" Gaia asked her dragon.

"You said it, Gaia." Orchy said as they continued to fly.

"You guys believe what Sensei said about unlocking our full potential?" Trail asked the others.

"He may be on to something." Thunder said as he pulled out his golden nunchucks. "Since we got these golden weapons, it's not like we've ever had to use them. I wonder what they do."

"Hey Nimbus, you and the others used to be the guardians of the weapons, do you know what they can do?" Flash asked his dragon.

"Sorry, not much." Nimbus replied. "All we know they have the power to create things when used together."

"I for one look forward to the future. If there is more for us to accomplish, let it be." Frost spoke as his dragon flew by.

"Yes, the only one way to see what the future is to look beyond what the past has brought." Shard said.

"I don't know about you, but is anypony else a little excited about battling Lord Garmadon? I've been looking forward to trying out some new Spinjitzu moves. Could be the perfect opportunity." Landrush said.

"Race you there?" Whisp asked as each dragon speed up. They flew past some mountains and a forest as they were neck and neck. They flew for quite a bit til Ponyville was in sight.

"There it is. First ninja there wins!" Trail shouted as each dragon dive down. They were still neck and neck before they hit the ground. "Haha! Flame and I were first!"

"No, nopony was faster than me and Wisp!" Thunder argued while Landrush laughed.

"Rocky's feet touched the ground before your dragons' did!" Landrush bragged.

"You are all disillusioned. It was clearly me and Shard." Frost said.

"I saw all of you eat mine and Orchy's dust!" Gaia told them.

"Hey, remember why we're here!? Lord Garmadon, returned, hello?" Flash spoke up before he spotted the mane six coming up to them. "Your highness." He and the others bow to her.

"Please, no need to be formal. We have bigger problems right now." Twilight said as they hear strings of fear as ponies were rushing inside to their homes. Fillies and colts were brought inside by their parents as shadow was cast over a few buildings by the city fountain. The six ninja ready their golden weapons as they and the main six came in and took battle stands when they saw the shadow. They heard a cackling while the shadow was getting smaller as the one who cast it is slowly moving around the fountain.

"Stay sharp everypony, whatever happens, never let your guard down." Flash told the others.

"I've been looking forward to taking on Garmadon for a long time." Rainbow Dash said, but then they saw who they saw cast that shadow. It wasn't Lord Garmadon, but a young unicorn colt with a light grey coat and wearing a black hoodie with a rib cage painted on and a cape wrapped around his neck.

"It is I, Lloyd Garmadon!" The colt declared before he jumped on to the fountain. "I demand all the candy in town, or else!"

"'Lloyd Garmadon'? I thought you were going to face Lord Garmadon." Thunder complained.

"Yeah, not some fan colt." Rainbow Dash said in a disappointed tone.

"He's not a fan colt, that's his son." Gaia spoke up. "Master Wu told us about him."

"I didn't know that Garmadon had a kid." Applejack said.

"Well he does, and it looks like he escaped his boarding school for bad colts and fillies again." Landrush told them. "And to think we could be doing Spinjitzu already."

"Give me your candy, or else I will release the serpentine on you!" Lloyd told the ponies that gathered before they started boo and complained. Lloyd then took out a prank can of nuts and undid the top before sending rubber snakes at them. As Lloyd had a smirk on his face, somepony threw a veggie at him. "No way, I asked for candy not vegetables! I hate vegetables!" Ponies continue to throw vegetables at him.

"He's going to do a lot better than use an old bedtime story to scare ponies." Trail said as picked up one of the rubber snakes before he fling it.

"Or at least get more realistic looking snakes." Pinkie Pie added. "This is just unprofessional."

"The serpentine are real, they are not something to joke about." Frost mentioned.

"Serpentine, real? We're talking about the ancient race of snake like creatures who once ruled Equestria and was supposedly locked underground?" Rainbow Dash asked sarcastically.

"Uh, sealed in five different tombs to separate the warring tribes, and ensure they don't unify, to exact their revenge upon those who put them there." Thunder said worriedly.

"It was an old mare's tale to teach fillies and colts not to poke their noses where they don't belong." Applejack spoke up. "Don't y'all think it's a little suspicious no ponies' ever found one of their tombs?"

"That's because you'd be a fool to look for one." Landrush said as he and the other ninjas walked up to Lloyd.

"If there was anything I hated more than dragons when I was a filly it was snakes, rubber or not." Gaia said they picked up Lloyd.

"Don't worry folks. We'll take care of this. Nothing to see here." Flash told the residents of Ponyville as they carried Lloyd.

"Bow down to me or suffer my wrath!" Lloyd shouted. "I'll give you to the count of three. One...two...two and a half!"

"What are supposed to do, spank him?" Trail asked. Later we see Lloyd hanging upside down by his tail from a baby store sign.

"You've just made me your nemesis! Mark my words, you'll pay for this!" Lloyd yelled at the ninjas as everypony laughed at him. Frost took off his hood and bought some candy from a store next door. He then gave some of the candy he bought to the ninjas and the main six. Thunder took the cotton candy Frost bought.

"Next time, try paying for your candy." Landrush told Lloyd after he and the ninjas took off their hoods.

"Crime doesn't pay, muchacho. You can take that to the bank." Trail said as Thunder was eating his cotton candy.

"Mm, cotton candy." Thunder teased him. They soon walked back to their dragons before Flash noticed Twilight talking with her friends. After she got done, she looked at Flash before Rainbow Dash shoved her to him.

"Um, hey Flash." Twilight said with a small blush on her face. "Um...do you want to maybe...hangout sometime? I can see when I have some free time."

"Sure, I can check in with Sensei Wu to see if he can let me have a day off to let me come by." Flash said as Trail bumped his bag when he jumped on his dragon and a scroll fell out before it bumped Flash's back hoof. "Huh? Hey Trail, what's this?" Flash asked as he picked up the scroll before Trail jumped down to see what he meant.

"Huh, I don't remember putting this here." Trail said when he saw the scroll.

"That's sensei's bag, you must have accidentally took it in the rush." Frost said when he recognized the bag. Flash then open the scroll as Thunder and Gaia walked up.

"What is it?" Thunder asked.

"It's a scroll, bolt brain." Gaia told him.

"I know it's a scroll, but what does it say? It written in chicken scratch." Thunder said when he saw what's on it.

"Not chicken scratch, the ancient language of our ancestors." Frost said.

"He's right, not even I read what it says." Twilight said when she saw it.

"Well you read it Frost?" Rarity asked him.

"Well I can try." Frost said before he begins to read. He then points to a symbol written on it. "This symbol means prophecy."

"Prophecy?" Thunder and Pinkie asked.

"It means it tells the future." Gaia told the two.

"Right, I knew that..." Thunder said.

"But what kind of prophecy? A good or bad?" Fluttershy asked.

"It seems a good one." Frost said before he read the scroll. "One ninja will rise above the others and become the light ninja, the ninja destined to defeat the dark lord."

"Dark lord? Do they mean Lord Garmadon?" Flash asked.

"Not unless they mean King Sombra." Twilight said before Thunder saw something on the scroll.

"Oh look, a picture!" Thunder said as he pointed to it. The picture was of them with one ninja in the center of them. The ninja in the center was very light sliver and it is unclear that it is a unicorn, pegasus, or earth pony.

"Hey wait a minute, is that us?!" Trail asked when he saw the six ninjas around the sliver one. "Is anypony else thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Like how good I'm going to look in sliver?" Thunder asked.

"Isn't it obvious I'm going to be the light ninja?" Trail argued.

"The color obviously suits me." Gaia told them.

"Technically I am the best." Frost said before Landrush jumped over to them.

"Everypony stop it! Remember why Sensei brought us together in the first place, we are a team." Landrush reminded them.

"He's right. We weren't meant to see this and probably for a good reason." Flash said as he gives Twilight the scroll. "Come on, let's head back home. We have training to do." He said as they each got on their dragons.

"It's about time I added some finess to my routine." Thunder said as he jumped on his dragon.

"Well, I could use some exercise." Frost said when he got on his.

"I do feel like my form is a bit sluggish." Gaia said while on her dragon.

"Yeah, I've gotta work on some new moves." Trail said before all but Flash took off on their dragons.

"Flash, do you think you're this light ninja?" Twilight asked. Flash didn't say anything before he took off on his dragon. "Be safe..." Twilight whisper.

Somewhere in the mountains, Lloyd was walking alone and kicking a rock as he did. "Stupid ninja. I'll show them who they're dealing with." He said to himself. He kicked again before he heard it hit something metal. When he went to see what it hit, he found something of Interest. "Hey, what is...?" He asked as he went up to the thing on the ground and move some snow in the way. Lloyd saw that thing was a giant tomb door in the shape of a snake.

Lloyd then saw a snake-like lever next to him before he pushed it back. The mouth of the door open slowly when he did. Lloyd was fixed on it that he lost his balance when the edge of it was close and he fell down it. He hit the bottom and slide on the icy ground of the tomb. He got up and noticed that the tomb was carved like someone or something made it to be a fortress before he heard a voice from behind him.

"You are out of your mind to venture ssso far away from home, little one." Lloyd turned to see a blue snake with a long tail, white and yellow scales down the center of its body, red eyes with swirls in them and arms holding a golden snake staff with a blue gemstone in it. Lloyd was backing up as the snake like creature was slithering towards him. "Look into my eyesss. Give up your mind." The snake creature said as his tail rattled and the swirls in its eyes started to move as they glowed. "I will control you." Lloyd's eyes became heavy be tripped and fell. The snake saw its reflection in the ice when Lloyd fell and it fell to its own power. Lloyd got up and saw that the thing was trying to hypnotize him, only for it to hypnotize itself when it saw its reflection. Lloyd then had an evil grin on his face as he knew what this meant.

"No, I will control you from now on." Lloyd told the creature.

"What shall you usss do, massster?" The creature asked LIoyd as it bow to him.

"Us?" Lloyd asked before he saw more snake like creature appeared from the shadows. Some were like the one infront of him but with legs, others had grey scales on instead of blue. Lloyd realized that these snake like creatures are the real Serpentine, the Hypnobrai. "My own army of snakes. MUHAHAHAH!!"

The ninjas have returned to the monastery as they had come with something about this light ninja ordeal. "So we all agree. The prophecy states that one of us will be come the light ninja, and the issue will not rest until it is decided." Thunder said as they walked up the steps to the entrance.

"May I suggest a tournament?" Frost asked. "Last ninja standing is the best."

"And will be declared the light ninja. I love it." Trail said.

"You five can do it without me." Flash said. "I'm really not interested in all that."

"That just means one less competition to deal with." Gaia said. They open the gates to monastery to find Aqua on the training course. She punched a dummy on one of the wheels before flipping to the next obstacle. She managed to dodge the swords and flip over the planks. But when she got to the axes, she got hit in the face by one and fell to the ground.

"Hey, Aqua, closer to beating your brother's speed record?" Thunder asked her with his hood off before she got up.

"I'm getting there." Aqua told him. "Heard what happened in town. Just a false alarm?"

"Yeah." Trail said. "Uh, but we're gonna need the space. Sorry, sis." He told her as Landrush open a cabinet with training equipment before he took a helmet and threw it to Thunder. Thunder didn't notice before it hit the back of his head.

"Two matches, then the winner of each face off for the fight with Gaia for the title of light ninja. Armor's for our own protection. It's time to see what these babies can do." Landrush said as he holds up his golden scythe.

"Hey, Aqua, wanna stay and watch me mop the floor with them?" Trail asked while he had armor on.

"No, thanks. I think I'll just visit Ponyville. Knock yourselves out." Aqua told them before she went out.

"All right, first up: Trail versus Thunder." Landrush said as they bow to each of before they ready their weapons. "NINJA, GO!" He shouted before they whisk by him so fast. Thunder swing his nunchucks around as Trail ready his sword. Thunder spin his nunchucks in the air before he accidentally zapped himself with lightning. Trail then jumped behind Thunder and the two clashed weapons. Trail then run on the side of the temple as they continue to clash. When he jumped down, he spin his sword around before he shot a fire ball at Thunder, causing to fall back. Trail was both surprised and pleased that happened, for it won him the fight.

"Next up, Landrush versus Frost." Trail said as they bow to each other before they ready their weapons while Thunder had the armor off and watch from the sidelines with Flash and Gaia. " NINJA, GO!" He shouted before he flipped back. Both Landrush and Frost took a battle stands before Landrush charged at Frost. Frost flipped over him as Landrush swing his scythe and sliced a board in half. He then charged at Frost again and Frost used his golden shurikens to block each attack thrown at him. Frost ducked under an attack before he jumped behind Landrush. He then took out one of his two shurikens of ice and concentrate before he threw it. Landrush saw it hit the ground near his hoof and thought Frost missed.

As Frost spin his other shuriken, the one he threw froze Landrush in place and he could not move. Landrush used his scythe to block the shuriken being thrown at him. When Frost was close enough, Landrush used his scythe to trip him up. When Frost was getting up, Landrush put the blade part of his scythe to keep him down. Landrush won this fight. Frost soon sat next to Thunder as Trail and Landrush ready to fight. "For the prize and the title of best ninja, blah, blah, ninja go." Gaia said as she wants to get it over with.

Both Trail and Landrush clashed weapons as soon as their match started. Both were giving their all as Trail thrust his sword at Landrush as he dodged it. Landrush then swung his scythe as Trail ducked under it. Landrush then flipped back before he struck the ground with his scythe, causing a tremor that knocked Trail down. As Landrush thought he won, Trail got up and was furious. He did Spinjitzu but stopped as he couldn't control his sword. "It's too hot!" Trail shouted as his sword was on fire.

"It's burning." Flash said when they saw what's happening.

"Fire!" Thunder shouted before Trail dropped the sword and the fire began to spread. The ninja had to do something quickly before the fire burned down the monastery. Landrush try to put it out with his scythe by hitting the flames with the side as Trail was surrounded by the flames. Wu came out to find out of control flames. Wu walked through them before he picked up the Shurikens of Ice and toss them into the air. Wu then concentrate as the sherkins flew in sink before sitting down some ice as they flew around and put up the fire. The ninja watch as they did, even putting out one that was on Thunder's tail. Wu then cought them when the fire was out before he glared at them.

"What were you thinking?!" Wu scold them.

"Uh, we were trying to figure out who was the light ninja." Thunder explained before Gaia hit him. "Ow! Uh, heh, did I say light ninja? No, sorry, ahem, what I meant was night... uh..."

"You were not supposed to see this." Wu said as he knew that they saw the prophecy.

"But sensei, we wanna know. Which one of us is the chosen one?" Trail asked him.

"None of you, if you don't unlock your full potential." Wu told them.

"But Trail's sword, it was so bright. Is this what you meant by unlocking our golden weapons?" Flash asked Wu.

"You are only at the beginning, and the road is long and winding." Wu told them. "But yes, this is what I meant. If this is what it must take for you to train, then so be it. But none of you are near the level of what it takes to be the light ninja." He said before he went back inside.

In Ponyville, Aqua was looking around at the markets till she ran into Big Mac and his wife, Sugar Bell. "Oh hey, you're Applejack's big brother, Big Mac, right?" Aqua asked.

"Eeyep." Big Mac said. "And you're that red ninja's sister, Aqua Stream." He and Sugar Bell shook her hoof. "It's nice to meet you."

"Sorry about that false alarm before." Sugar Bell told Aqua. "I'm surprised that Lord Garmadon has a son. Isn't he about over a thousand years ago?" Before Aqua could say anything, they heard ponies screaming in fear.

"What now?" Aqua asked as they see ponies running away from something.

"Take the candy! Take it all!" Lloyd commanded before cackling with a wheelbarrow full of candy. Aqua, Big Mac, and Sugar Bell looked before they saw who or what was following Lloyd. The hypnobrai serpentine are in the village. The general of the hypnobrai use his power to hypnotize a few ponies nearby as their eyes turn red with swirls in them.

"This makes no sssense, general." A Serpentine said. "Reading an entire town for sssweets?"

"You will do as I command, because I hold the ssstaff." The general told the serpentine. Aqua, Big Mac, and Sugar Bell were hiding so that they won't get hypnotized.

Back of the monastery, the ninjas are training hard as master Wu was meditating in his room. Wu then got a vision of the serpentine and Lloyd attacking Ponyville.

"The Serpentine are back!" Wu told the ninjas when he came out. "Everypony in Ponyville is in danger!"

"Calm down, sensei. We were just there." Landrush told him. "It was some kid who says he's--"

"The spirit smoke does not lie." Wu interrupted. "An ancient evil has been released."

"Aqua's there right now." Trail said in a worry tone.

"Aqua?" Thunder asked before they rushed to their dragons. This time, they got on their dragons with no problems or sloppy work.

"Stay close, stay together." Flash told the others as their dragons took off.

"Would we do it any other way?" Landrush asked as they flew to Ponyville. Back in Ponyville, ponies were running away as LIoyd was enjoying the candy he stole.

"I'm never coming down from this sugar high." Lloyd said before the ninja appeared infront of him.

"Sorry to burst your buzz, little Garmadon." Gaia told Lloyd.

"But it's already past your bedtime." Thunder said.

"Get them!" Lloyd told the general.

The general rattled his tail before he commanded his army. "Sseize them!" He ordered. The Serpentine did what he command and charged at the ninjas.

"The Serpentine? They're real?" Trail asked when he saw them. As the serpentine surrounded them from the front, the ponies of Ponyville who are hypnotized came at them from the back.

"It's not just them we have to worry about." Landrush said as he looked behind him and sees the hypnotized ponies. "The whole village has been hypnotized." As both sides got closer, Thunder took out his nunchucks and spin them around before Frost stopped him.

"No. Are weapons are too unstable. We could do more harm than good." Frost told Thunder.

"I guess that leaves us with, RUN!" Thunder shouted as they made a run for it. They jumped up to the buildings roofs before they made their way down an ally. As they thought it was all clear, someponies found them. It was Aqua, Big Mac, Sugar Bell, and the main six.

"Aqua? You're okay." Thunder said when he saw her.

"Barely. They hypnotize everypony in town." Aqua told them.

"I just still can't believe that the serpentine are real." Rainbow Dash said.

"Mind control. How is this possible?" Gaia asked.

"When you hear them rattle their tails, don't look in them in the eyes. That's how they get you." Sugar Bell told them.

"Eeyep." Big Mac said.

"What are we supposed to do? We can't use our weapons, and now we have to fight with our eyes closed? Ha! Prefect." Thunder complained.

"There is a way to snap everypony out of it. I asked Zecora and she told me how to save them." Twilight spoke up. "The snake with the staff is the general. He's the one in charge. If we can get the staff from him, it holds the antivenom. If we get that, we can save everypony."

"Look, guys. Forget about the whole light ninja thing." Flash told the other ninjas. "Let's make sensei proud. All six of us, we're a team."

"Now you're talking." Landrush said.

"Oh, and girls, you all can be are honorary member." Thunder told Aqua and the main six, making both Trail and Flash hit their own heads.

"Gee, thanks." Aqua said sarcastically. They each headed out for the staff but Applejack looked back at her brother and sister-in-law.

"Y'all stay safe now." Applejack told before she went out. The ninja, Aqua, and the girls stick to the rooftops as they made their way to the staff. Trail jumped on the ground as hypnobrai serpentine had him surrounded.

"You wanna play?" Trail asked. "How about a little Spinjitzu? NINJA, GO!" He did Spinjitzu at two of them before he bumped a Fruit Stand and bananas fell on the ground. As he continue to Spinjitzu, Trail slipped on the bananas and hit a wall before he fell back.

"Okay, we're really out of shape." Thunder said when he saw what happened with Trail. As the serpentine laughed at that, Trail quickly got up and punched two of them that were behind him. Twilight jumped down and had the staff in her sights. She was about to go after it before serpentine had surrounded her.

"Twilight!!" Flash shouted when he saw her surrounded. Just before he was about to jump down to save her, to his surprise, Twilight did Spinjitzu. Twilight's Spinjitzu was light purple with sparkles. She knocked the serpentine surrounding her back. "W-What...?"

"I asked Wu to give me and my friends some private lessons on Spinjitzu!" Twilight explained when she stop. "Me and the girls know it now! Have to be prepared just in case!"

"Ha! Consider this a warning, ninja!" Lloyd told them as he made a run for it with the candy. On a rooftop, Frost threw his shurikens infront of Lloyd's path and they froze when thet hit the ground. Lloyd didn't see them and the wheelbarrow bumped and tipped over, spilling all the candy he stole. "My candy!" He shouted when it did as Frost jumped down and Spinjitzu his way over to him.

"Sensei was right. Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today. We should've dealt with you the first time around." Frost said.

"Retreat!" Lloyd called out.

"Retreat!" The general repeated to his army. At the serpentine scattered, Landrush did a flying drop kick at the general and knocked the staff out of his hands and it fell to the ground.

"Go ahead, give me a reason." Landrush threatened the general as he walked up to pick up the staff while the general ran away. Landrush got a good look at the staff once he had it. But when he looked up from it, one serpentine remained and it rattle its tail for it used its power on him.

"Look into my eyesss." The serpentine said. "I control you."

"You control..." Landrush repeated before somepony called out to him and snap him out of it.

"Landrush!" Aqua called out before she ran at the serpentine who was about to take the staff and kicked him in the face. Landrush turned to leave, for he forgotten what he was doing. "You have the antivenin." She told him. Landrush stopped and shook his head before remembering.

"By golly, you're right!" Landrush said as hold up the staff.

"Landrush, place it in the fountain!" Twilight told him.

"Good idea." Landrush said as he ran up to the fountain before placing the staff in it. The antivenin flow out and turn the water into a vapor as it begins to snap the residence of Ponyville out of it. Sensei Wu had arrived there as Trail hold the staff and walked up to him.

"We're sorry, sensei." Trail said. "If we had dealt with Lloyd before he became a problem, none of this would have been necessary."

"Even lessons learned the hard way are lessons learned." Wu said as he stroke his beard. "Hm. A great evil has been released. I fear troubling times will come. This is only the beginning." He said as he took the staff.

"Then we will train and be ready for the serpentine." Frost said.

"It me not be Lord Garmadon, but that doesn't mean we won't bring our A game." Landrush said.

"Help us train, help us realize our potential." Flash asked Wu.

"And most of all, help us unlock the power our weapons hold." Gaia asked.

"Yeah, teach us the secrets behind the weapons of Spinjitzu." Thunder asked.

"Hm. There is much to teach. We must return to the monastery." Wu told them before they, along with the main six walked back to the dragons before Aqua sigh.

"When am I gonna get my own dragon?" Aqua asked.

"Patience, Aqua." Wu told her. "Your time will come. Yours and one other." He whispered before he looked back at Twilight.

Lloyd in the serpentine return to the tomb the mountains and his stomach was aching. "Uh, candy. I need candy." He said as he clutched his stomach.

"The boy set us free." The general told the serpentine next to him.

"He is a child. He is not one of usss." This serpentine told the general.

"I may not have the staff, but I am still your general. Stand down!" The general shouted at him. This serpentine walked away from the general before another walked up to him.

"You coward. We all know he's under Lloyd's spell. You are second in command, and still need to do nothin, Scales?" This Serpentine asked.

"Now was not the time." Scales said. " I still hold the key to destroy the ninja, and when I do that, everyone will see it is I who should be in control." In his eyes, he sees the ninja, the main six, Aqua, and Wu inside the monastery through the eyes of Landrush. For he is still under Scales' control.

Chapter 12: The Light Ninja

After returning from the Equestria’s Got Talent show, the Ninja returned to Canterlot to do some training with their new powers, minus Trail of course who has yet to unlock his True Potential. Late that night In the Bounty, a pony had entered Sensei Wu’s berth, opened a cabinet, and found a silver Ninja suit. They looked around before taking the suit.

Outside Canterlot Castle, Landrush had his Scythe drawn as the shadowy figure of a Venomari approached him. “Earth!” he called out his element, slamming his Scythe against the ground and knocking the Serpentine off its feet.

Back on the Bounty, the pony had put on the silver Ninja suit and was standing in front of a mirror.

Meanwhile, Thunder and Gaia were faced with two Serpentine as well. Gaia spun her Sais and charged. “Life!” she called out, stabbing her weapons into the ground as vines burst forth and wrapped around one of them.

Thunder spun and whipped around his Nunchucks before rushing at his Serpentine. “Lightning!” he called out before doing Spinjitzu and whacking the Venomari away.

Back with the pony inside the Bounty, they were doing, flips, spins, and air punches.

In the Canterlot Courtyard, Frost threw his Shurikens into the air and Flash spun his Bo facing the last two Serpentine. “Wind!” Flash called his element out before thrusting his bo forward blasted a wave of air at the snake, sending it flying towards a wall.

“Ice!” Frost called out his element as he flung his Shurikens at the feet of the Serpentine, freezing it solid.

Then a light shined down from above. “Good training,” Aqua said as she, The Mane 6, Spike, Cozy Glow, The Young Six, Shining Armor, Cadance, Flurry Heart, Trixie and Blueblood watched them from above the castle, revealing that the five Ninja had only been training and had been fighting Dummies the whole time.

“I’ll say, those powers of yours are gettin’ stronger every day,” Applejack commented.

“You keep this up, Pythor and the real Serpentine won’t know what hit ‘em!” Gallus said.

Twilight turned to them, “Well, seeing as though almost all of them had discovered their True Potential, capturing the last two Fangblade should be easier now,” she told them.

But Cadance then noticed something, “But um, where’s Trail?” she asked as they all looked around.

Back in Wu’s room, Trail, who was the pony wearing the Light Ninja suit, was still practicing some moves in front of the mirror, “Fire! Unlock Fire! Uh… Fire, go! Shoot flames!” he called out his element but nothing happened. He sighed in frustration, “Oh, come on. Everypony can do it. So can you. Bring heat!” He told himself before doing some push-ups and standing back up only to see the others in the mirror behind him laughing.

“Very nice. Perhaps if you tried the phrase ‘Fire dork’, maybe it might work,” Landrush suggested with a smirk as Trail frantically took off the hood and turned to them.

“How long have you all been--?!” he asked in embarrassment.

“Oh, long enough, my dear Trail. Long enough,” Gaia told him with a giggle. “At least, enough to see your new attire,”

“The ‘Light Ninja’ suit. That’s awesome!” Thunder said.

Trail then tried to explain himself. “Well, I was looking for some kind of clue from Sensei and then I found this,” he said before Frost stepped forward.

“But you know only he who is foretold to face Lord Garmadon is destined to be the Light Ninja, and only he should wear the Light Ninja outfit,” he told him.

Flash then bumped Trail who looked down in disappointment. “So Sensei will likely be really peeved at you snooping around his things,”

Trail sighed and walked towards the window. “I know, I know. But I thought if I just tried it on, it might help me see my True Potential,” he said as the others joined him. “It's not fair that you guys have unlocked your cool powers and I still haven't,”

The others understood Trail’s frustrations, being the only one who didn’t have any powers. He felt like he was the weakest one, but they knew Trail would never find his True Potential if didn’t overcome whatever was holding him back.

Trail then decided to change the subject and turned to them, “Besides, Sensei's still gone with Celestia and Luna, and we don't know when their coming back--”

As soon as he said that however, the sound of somepony landing on the deck was heard, “Hello! We’re home!” Wu’s voice was heard.

“And I’m pleased to say our mission was successful!” Celestia was also heard.

“Would everycreature, please meet us in the ballroom!” Luna’s voice added.

The Ninja, minus Trail who looked quite shocked, beamed and cheered in unison, “Sensei!” They all rushed outside as Trail remembered what he was wearing and ducked behind a wall to change. If Sensei Wu had caught him wearing the suit, he was dead for sure.

In the ballroom of Canterlot Castle, everypony gathered for the return of Sensei Wu and the Royal Sisters, “Ah, it’s so good to be home,” Wu sighed happily.

“Indeed, it is,” Celestia said as Twilight gave her a hug. “I trust you’ve all been doing well without us,”

“Yup! A few ups and downs here and there, but nothing we couldn’t bounce back from,” Spike assured her as Cadance hugged Celestia next.

“So glad you’re back,” Frost told them.

“Where did you go?” Flash asked.

“What did you see?” Gaia added as Wu noted the change in her accent.

“Did you bring us anything?” Landrush asked.

Thunder then stepped forward, “Oh Sensei, have you and the Princesses missed a lot!” He told them.

“Yeah, a WHOLE lot!” Pinkie said as she went up on stage, “Frosty’s a Nindroid, Aqua’s the mysterious Samurai, Flash is dating Twilight, Flurry said her first word, Gaia is a rich mare, Landrush’s a dancer…” she told them.

Luna however was put off by the first one, “I beg your pardon, but Frost is a…what?” she asked with a raised brow.

“You have been gone a while. We’ll catch you up later,” Frost told them.

“But you should know, all of us except for Trail have discovered our True Potential,” Flash told them.

“Have you now?” Wu said, looking impressed but then noticed that one pony was still unattended. “Where is Trail?”

“Right here!” Trail said as rushed into the room, in his own suit, and stood in front of Wu dusting himself off, “So glad you three are back safe,” he said.

“So did Sensei Pony and Royal sisters find creature who help us smash nasty Pythor and Serpentine?” Yona asked.

The three looked at each other warily, knowing the group may not be welcoming to their new “ally”. “Ehhhh… yes,” Celestia said carefully.

“Awesome! So uh, where are they?” Rainbow asked, looking around the three to see if there was anypony behind them.

“Oh, it must be somepony very important if you believe they can help us against those Serpentine savages,” Rarity commented as Spike looked behind them and gasped in fright and saw somepony he never thought he’d see.

“Maybe the pony they brought back with them, has a black coat, sharp teeth, red eyes and a helmet with a bone in it!” He told the others frantically while pulling on Twilight’s tail while pointing behind Celestia.

Twilight however just rolled her eyes in amusement. “Yeah right. That’s Lord Garmadon,” she told him with a smirk, thinking her assistant was just playing around.

“Now why in the wide world of Equestria would our sensei, and the Royal Sisters, ask somepony like that for help?” Gaia asked with a grin, also thinking Spike was joking, until the Young Six saw the newcomer and gasped in shock as well.

“U-umm, m-maybe… maybe y-you should ask… h-h-him!” Sliverstream asked fearfully, pointing behind Celestia.

They all turned and saw a pair of black dragon wings, a long black horn, a bone helmet, and four pony legs behind the sun princess before stepping out behind her was Lord Garmadon.

Shocked by the return of their oldest enemy, with a new form, Trail gasped in surprise before glaring. “Aah! Celestia, behind you!” he shouted as he jumped in front of Garmadon, drawing his Sword of Fire while the rest of Ninja, Mane 6, and Shining Armor were shocked or stood protectively in front of the others.

“Sensei!” Frost shouted as leaped in front of Wu while Trail slashed his sword at Garmadon, though the Dark Lord managed to avoid it he was knocked off his hooves.

“Gah, he’s an alicorn now!” Trail said as he pounced onto Garmadon as the black stallion grabbed his sword with his four front hooves.

"And he's got six legs!" Rainbow said as she pounced on Garmadon too.

Garmadon grunted as he tried to push the two pegasi off him. "So, we meet again, little Fire Ninja!" he growled to Trail.

"He must have followed you three, Sensei!" Trail told Wu as he prepared to strike Garmadon again before Wu rushed over to him.

"Trail, Rainbow Dash, stop!" he ordered as gestured to his brother. "He is the reason we left,”

"WHAT?!" The others shouted behind them.

Twilight then approached her former mentor slowly. "With all due respect Celestia but," Twilight started politely before shouted with the Royal Canterlot Voice, "HOW COULD YOU THREE BRING LORD GARMADON HERE!?!?!?" Soon after, she calmed down and cleared her throat. "Ahem, if you don't mind me asking?"

Celestia simply smiled and said, "I'm fully aware that last time you all faced my… ‘big brother’, he created serious havoc in Equestria," she said as Rainbow and Trail begrudgingly got off Garmadon.

"By ‘some havoc’, you mean sending an army of skeletons to attack Canterlot during Twily Coronation?" Shining asked looking at the Dark Lord with disdain.

"And tried to steal the Golden Weapons from their resting place while trying to kill us!" Sandbar added.

"And used me and Twilight as bait to get the last one and nearly dropped into a bottomless pit!" Aqua retorted.

Celestia nodded. "Yes, I know, I know. But we believes that Garmadon could be of great aid in our battle with the Serpentine, as well as rescuing young Lloyd," she said.

"That is why, for so long as Pythor has Lloyd, he will be our guest," Wu finished.

The Ninja were aghast, "We have to live with this guy?!" Landrush exclaimed.

"But Sensei, he's an alicorn now!" Gaia shouted.

"And he has six legs!" Frost added.

"How are we suppose to trust him around here!" Flash questioned.

"Uh, and must I remind you, ever since he's turned evil, he's been trying to get our golden weap-" Thunder tried to say before Wu finally had it.

"Enough!" Wu shouted. The six Ninja stood at attention in a line.

"Yes, sensei," then said as Garmadon stood up.

"This isn't about the golden weapons. It's about saving my son," Garmadon told them as he stood beside Wu, Celestia and Luna.

"From here on out, you will obey me and you will respect our brother,” Wu ordered them as Garmadon crossed two of front legs, smiling smugly.

"Yes, sensei,” all six of them said with a bow. Before Wu turned to his brother.

"And you," he said with a serious tone, turning to Garmadon, "you will remember well our agreement, brother and as long as you are here don’t even try stealing the golden weapons."

Garmadon merely scoffed and turned his head.

Wu sighed and turned to his pupils. "Now, everypony to the Bounty, we have more pressing matters to attend to," he said as he and the Royal sisters left the room with Garmadon behind them. Before he left though Garmadon shot the younger ones a sinister smile, Trail growled and tried to keep himself from doing something foolish.

"So does anyone else think this might be a bad idea?" Gallus asked as there was quiet round of agreements. Though Garmadon was on their side, for now, none of them were in any rush to make him their friend.

The next morning, everyone had gathered to the bridge to discuss the next phase. "So, where are we at with the four Fangblades?" Wu asked.

"Oh. Pythor's managed to take the first two, but there's still two left,” Thunder answered.

"And we only need one in order to prevent him from unleashing The Great Devourer,” Landrush added.

"But considering they have a map to them and we don't, that's easier said than done," Starlight said.

"Any clues to their whereabouts?" Celestia asked them.

"No, but my Falcon is programmed to alert us if sees any suspicious activity,” Frost said.

"And if we find the Fangblade, we find Lloyd," Twilight said.

"Good, Trail and Aqua, prepare the deck and double check the anchor,” Wu told them. "We need to be ready when we first get word of activity.”

"Yes Sensei," The siblings said, as they turned to leave, but Trail turned to Garmadon.

"I have my eye on you," Trail warned, doing the "I'm watching you" gesture to Garmadon as the Dark Lord smirked. Trail kept doing the gesture until he bumped right into a wall. Wu sighed as Trail finally left.

"Frost, did you say the Falcon was… programmed?" Celestia asked as she remembered what he said.

"And I'm still a bit confused about this 'Nindroid' ordeal,” Luna spoke up.

"Oh Luna, I have no idea where to even start," Thunder said as he went on to explain everything they missed. “It all started when we saw the Falcon, and then we ran after it...”

Outside Trail was talking to Aqua about Garmadon and his new body.

"But Aqua, didn't you see he’s an alicorn with six legs now?" Trail asked his sister as he swept the deck "Wherever Sensei and royal sisters found him, he's now made it possible to control all six weapons at once. I don't trust him. Not one bit.”

Aqua however tried to assure him, "You have to remember, he's not just the Dark Lord, he's also Sensei's brother, Celestia and Luna's friend and brother figure, Lloyd's father,” she reminded him as she opens the sails. "Even though he's pure evil, and kidnapped me, Sensei holds him close to his heart.”

Then Trail got an idea. "Wait, that's it!" he said with a smile.

"What's it?" Aqua asked with a raised brow.

"To unlock my power. Sensei said the heart is the key,” Trail explained. "Maybe if I stand up to Lord Garmadon, I'll find my True Potential and then everypony can see I'm the Light Ninja!" he declared with a flip and kick onto the lower deck. "Ha! Aqua, you are a genius!"

At any other time, Aqua would like to brag about her brother calling her a genius, but this time Trail misinterpreted her words. "Um, I don't really follow your logic-" she tried to say but Trail Interrupted her.

"No time to explain! I have to go train! If I'm gonna confront Garmadon soon..." he said doing some moves and then he backflipped back to her, "I gotta be at the top of my game.”

"But Sensei said he's our guest, and that we had to respect him,” Aqua reminded him.

"Garmadon might've fooled Sensei and the Princesses, but don't think for a second I'm not keeping my eye on him,” Trail told her as he turned to his sister. "Aqua, the Lord of Darkness just became our roommate!"

While the Ninja were brushing their teeth with toothbrushes, Garmadon was sharpening his with a file. And surprisingly, it was doing wonders for his teeth.

During lunchtime, while everypony were enjoying their noodles, Garmadon was eating what looked like a plate of thick, black sludge with live maggots. He held one up with his fork and winked at Trail who was glaring at him, before scarfing it down, causing Fluttershy to become quite queasy at the thought of a pony eating live bugs.

"What is he eating?" Rainbow asked, slightly grossed.

"Condensed Evil," Trail answered as Garmadon continued eating. "Twilight said it's supposed to be low in fat."

One of the maggots crawled over to Trail, who let out a disgusted groan as he whacked it away with his fork.

Later, three couples (Flash and Twilight, Aqua and Thunder, Gallus and Sliverstream) were watching a nice romantic film. They were focused on a tear-jerking goodbye scene, before Garmadon used his magic to change the channel a few times only to stop a horror film. He started laughing at it like it was comedy, while the couples turned to him in annoyance, their movie night having been spoiled.

The Bounty was soon sailing through a storm. Trail and Frost were struggling to keep the ship stable while Applejack and Landrush rushed from port to starboard and back, hurling from their motion sickness.

"Where's Garmadon?" Frost asked Trail as they held onto the wheel.

Trail sighed and pointed outside. "Sunbathing," on the deck Garmadon was wearing sunglasses and relaxing on a blanket like he was trying to get a tan.

"Storm-bathing is more like it," Gaia said as she braced herself against a table as she watched Applejack and Landrush hurling again. "And would somepony please get those two, a pair of buckets!"

At night the Ninja were about to go to sleep but were interrupted by Garmadon, generating a ball of electricity while in his sleeping bag.

"Do you have to do that?!" Trail asked as he sat up, "We're trying to sleep."

Garmadon just chuckled evilly to himself and kept powering the ball. Trail groaned and covered his face with a pillow.

"This is gonna be a long night." Flash sighed as he and the others tried to sleep as best as they could.

In the morning, Garmadon was playing one of the Ninja's games with two controllers, while the others watched him from the door, "Wow, who woulda thunk that the Lord of Darkness would be so good at video games?" Applejack commented.

"But he's not even playing the game right," Trail retorted. "He's just shooting and destroying things!"

Flash simply raised a brow. "Um Trail, the point of the game is to shoot and destroy the targets," he reminded him.

"Ya know, I was skeptical of him at first, but when you get past the fact that he's the biggest, baddest villain in all of Equestria, he's actually pretty okay," Rainbow admitted.

"I concur. I've noticed that when he’s not focused on turning Equestria into his own image, he's quite fascinating," Frost added.

"Sure, the six-legged alicorn thing is still a little freakish, but he's pretty cool… in his own way, I guess," Landrush started.

"I must admit, he does have a certain charm about him," Gaia finished.

"And he is quite the good-looking stallion," Rarity pointed out wistfully, before shaking out of her gaze to quickly add, "in a 1000 year old, evil, black, six-legged, alicorn ‘don't-mess-with-me-or-I'll-destroy-you’ kind of way, of course."

"And he's certainly one dedicated father, if he’s willing to put up with us just to save Lloyd," Twilight said with a small smile, finding it adorable somepony like Garmadon had a soft-spot for a little colt like Lloyd.

"Even though I'm still a little ticked at him for kidnapping you, Twi," Flash admitted before grinning, "all in all, Garmadon's really not that bad a guy once you get to know him."

"He may be pulling the wool over all your eyes, but not mine!" Trail argued as Garmadon laughed after getting the high score. "He's up to something, and I'm gonna be ready for it."

Frost's Falcon cried out as it soared through the air, flying over the Dragon lands near a volcano. It soon landed on a rock and spotted something of interest: Pythor and the Serpentine making their way to the volcano, with Lloyd pulled behind them in a cage. The Falcon used its robotic eyes to take camera shots and footage of this and sent it back to the Ninja.

Back on the Bounty, Lloyd in the cage was shown on-screen, but Trail was so busy on the bridge pretending to fight he did not even see it. "Garmadon, get ready to get Trail Blaze'd!" he declared as flipped around the room, doing moves, "Fire! Wham, bammy, sorry to beat you, old pony!" He shouted as he pretended to play the guitar before hearing Wu's voice.

"This way. Come, come."

Trail followed the voice until he reached the doorway and snuck up quietly to listen in.

"I have come to understand the mysterious Samurai is no longer a mystery," Wu’s voice was heard on the other side of the door.

On the other side, Wu was with Twilight, Celestia, and Luna, talking with Aqua about the latest developments, and standing a bit from Aqua and Twilight… was the ‘Light Ninja’ suit and the Golden Weapons.

"Oh yeah, you heard about that. I guess I picked up a thing or two," Aqua remarked.

"It was foolish of me to think that a mare other than Gaia could not be the destined Light Ninja," Wu admitted as Trail tried to peer into the room through a window while standing on a stepstool.

Trail was shocked. "Aqua's the Light Ninja?" he whispered to himself, realizing that he and the others never considered that the Light Ninja may not have been one of them at all.

"And as the ruler of Equestria, Twilight, it has been your responsibility to protect all ponykind and the friendships within," Celestia explained before gesturing to the suit and weapons. "So perhaps that means doing so by wearing the Light Ninja's gi?"

Twilight looked curious but unsure about that, while Trail’s gaze widened even more at this.

"Twilight could be the Light Ninja?" he whispered.

"When the six weapons are laid out before the destined one, the weapons will react, revealing the identity of the Light Ninja." Luna explained to the two mares, "You will each approach and try to see if either of you are to be the chosen."

Aqua and Twilight looked unsure. Aqua had always wanted to be like her brother and the others but she knew how badly her brother wanted to be the Light Ninja too, and Twilight was not sure if she could be a hero and ruler at the same time.

"But, Sensei..." Aqua tried to say.

"What if...?" Twilight asked before Celestia raised a hoof with a comforting smile.

"Approach the weapons, my faithful student." She instructed as Twilight and Aqua glanced at each other. Twilight gulped as she slowly walked towards the weapons while Trail watched in anticipation.

"What are you doing out here?" Garmadon asked Trail, startling him into falling off the stool.

"What are you doing out here?" Trail asked the same question.

"Evil never sleeps," Garmadon said as he approached Trail.

"Yeah, well, good never rests," Trail responded after getting up.

"Maybe we should take care of this right now," Garmadon suggested a bit menacingly.

"I was hoping you'd say that," Trail agreed as they started pushing each other back. but before a full-on fight could happen, Aqua opened the door.

"Guys, guys. What are you doing out here?" She asked as she and Twilight stepped out.

"Perhaps you should be asking Mr. Snoopy Flanks that question?" Garmadon ratted Trail out as Aqua turned to her brother in shock.

"Trail, were you spying on us?" Aqua asked in repulse.

"Uh, no way! I was, uh, keeping watch," Trail lied. "So… which one of you is the Light Ninja?"

"What? No, neither of us are," Twilight answered.

"So the weapons didn't tell you? Ah, that means I still have a chance,” Trail said excitedly before Sensei Wu, Celestia, and Luna walked out.

"Truth is, neither of them wanted to know," Wu told him.

"At first, all I wanted was to be like you," Aqua admitted. "But after seeing how obsessed you've become and discovered what I could do on my own, I'm happy being a Samurai."

"And being the Ruler of Equestria is enough for me. It’s my destiny, and I wouldn’t change it or trade it for anything at all," Twilight added.

"So, who is the Light Ninja?" Trail wondered.

"Perhaps we will never know," Celestia said before Thunder burst through the doors.

"Trail, you were supposed to be in the bridge!" Thunder told Trail. "Frost's Falcon found Lloyd and the Serpentine!"

Gathered in front of the computers at the bridge, the others were looking at images of a volcano, with Pythor and his armies heading towards it.

"Looks like Pythor is in the Dragon Lands," Twilight said when the others came into the bridge. "The Fangblade must be somewhere in that active volcano."

"And Lloyd," Garmadon added.

“I’ve sent a mission to Ember to help us,” Spike said, “But even with her it won’t be easy.”

"Well then, for the sake of young Lloyd, the Fangblade, and Equestria, we mustn't let them get it," Luna said.

"So that means we all have to get along," Landrush said, specifically to Trail and Garmadon. The red pegasus just scoffed and reluctantly agreed.

"Not to mention, we might want to be careful also," Aqua said as she was checking the readings on the volcano. “The volcano appears to be unstable. The place is a powder keg just waiting to blow up. This will be a highly combustible environment."

"Oh, great. Just what I like. Fighting armed and deadly snakes in a highly combustible environment about to blow up!" Thunder shouted sarcastically.

"We will do what we must." Wu told them.

"Yes, sensei. But where are our weapons?" Frost asked as Trail noticed somepony was not in the room with them anymore.

"And why is Lord Garmadon not here?" he asked but he already had an idea as he charged out of the room.

"Trail wait I--" Celestia try to say but Trail was already out of the room and flipped his hood on.

He rushed back to the room where the Golden Weapons were kept, and saw Garmadon holding the Scythe of Quakes, Nunchucks of Lightning, Shurikens of Ice and Sword of Fire in his four front hooves, and the Bo of Wind and Sais of Life in his wing claws.

"I knew I couldn't trust you! You thief!" Trail accused the Dark Lord.

Garmadon, having about enough of the Fire Ninja's attitude, turned to him while brandishing the weapons, "Hrgh, foolish colt. I look forward to teaching you a lesson!" he told him.

"This ends NOW!" Trail declared, slamming his hooves together.

"Indeed!" Garmadon agreed.

Trail charged at Garmadon while he spun the six Weapons.

"NINJA, GO!" Trail shouted doing his Spinjitzu as Garmadon leapt right towards him. Trail's Spinjitzu stopped midway as has he dodged a swing from Garmadon before he kicked them in the gut. The two of them crash-landed on the ground as Garmadon dropped all six weapons.

"I'm alive. I'm alive!" Trail said in elation as Garmadon stood back up.

"You need to be taught a lesson!" Garmadon shouted as Trail turned to him.

He then threw a punch at Trail but he dodged and kicked him in the face. Garmadon was surprised at first but recovered and kicked Trail back. Trail flipped and rebounded off the wall towards Garmadon, grabbing him by the helmet, flipping over him and knocking him down. Garmadon and Trail then threw punches at each other, connecting each hit with their opponent.

...Big mistake.

The impact hurt them both a lot. Trail shook his hoof while Garmadon nursed his. While Garmadon was still checking his hoof, Trail heard Aqua calling out from the hallway.

"Trail? You in here?"

Trail was not going to let the others cheat him out of unlocking his powers. As the others walked down the corridor, Trail closed and locked the door; he needed to defeat Garmadon alone. Aqua and the others walked up to the door to hear the two of them fighting inside the room. Aqua tried to open the door, only to find that it was locked.

"What are you doing?!" she asked her brother inside before his face was pressed against the window of the door.

"Discovering my True Potential!" Trail answered before Garmadon through him against a wall. He turned to them to open the door but Trail pounced on him before that.

"Unh! The door won't budge!" Thunder shouted as he tried to open the door.

"Come on! We defeated Changelings, Skeletons, and Serpentine, but we can't open a DOOR?!" Starlight asked as she tried to yank the door open.

"Why are they fighting? And what did he meant when he said discovering his True Potential?" Blueblood asked.

"Trail thinks he'll unlock his power if he stands up to Lord Garmadon." Aqua told the group.

"Why in tarnation would he think that?!" Applejack asked in shock.

"Because he thinks he's the Light Ninja!" Aqua quickly answered as she twirled a hoof to her head.

"THAT AGAIN?!" Gaia asked, as she ruffled her mane, "I know we all desired to be the Light Ninja but Trail is blowing this whole thing WAY out of proportion!!"

"Exactly!" Flash said in anger, "Trail doesn't realize that this obsession with being the Light Ninja has brought us all nothing but bad luck! Losing the Monastery, us getting punished, and then Lloyd's kidnapping!"

"Well, if we don’t break down this door, I think he’s gonna add becoming ‘Ninja pulp’ to the list!" Landrush said as approached the door. "Stand back!"

Everypony backed up as Landrush's eyes glowed and his body surged with elemental energy. "Earth!" With a powerful kick, Landrush broke down the door and they all charged in only to find Trail standing on top of Garmadon laying on the floor, panting.

"I defeated him! I did it!" Trail praised himself. "Are my eyes glowing? Did I unlock my powers?" he asked as he looked at himself and felt no difference within him. "Is this my true potential?" He still waited and still nothing happened. "Argh! Why isn't it working?!"

"Because you can't defeat somepony who allowed himself to be defeated." Sensei Wu told him as he stepped forward.

Trail moved himself off Garmadon as Wu helped his brother up. "I never had any real intention to hurt you, boy," Garmadon explained. "I was only fetching your weapons.”

Trail however wasn't buying it. "But you were trying to steal them-" he accused before Celestia cut him off.

"Wu and I asked Garmadon to retrieve them," Celestia told him as Trail looked at her in surprise. Celestia gave him an unimpressed look. "So… your obsession with becoming the chosen one has not only led you to invading our privacy and ignoring your duties, but also into attacking an ally."

Wu then turned to Trail in disappointment, "Perhaps it is for the best you do not reach your True Potential, or else somecreature may get hurt," he remarked. "And from what I've seen of your behavior, Trail… I can most definitely confirm you have the least likely chance of becoming the Light Ninja."

"Way to go, hero," Landrush commented as Trail looked down in shame and guilt while the others just scowled at him in disappointment. He knew they were right; he had been letting the personal mission of proving to be the Light Ninja was really costing them a lot, especially Lloyd.

Fluttershy approached Garmadon. "Oh you poor thing," she comforted as she and Wu helped Garmadon to his hooves. "Let me help you."

"Yes. Poor thing," Garmadon subtly mocked at Trail with a smirk. Trail trembled with rage at the Dark Lord provoking him, but reined it in as he would only be making it worse for himself. Then as Garmadon stood up the Bounty shook.

"Sounds like we've reached our destination," Gaia said as they all went up on deck and saw a river of lava and a large Volcano bellowing smoke a few yards away, "The Dragon Lands," in the distance they heard dragons roaring.

"Do you think she got your message Spike?" Cozy Glow asked before they could see Dragon Lord Ember flying up to the bounty.

"Yeah… I think she did," Spike said before she landed on deck.

"Hey there, made it just in time," Ember greeted before she jerked a thumb to the volcano. "Let's get moving. My dragons say that Pythor guy and his grunts are in the volcano. But bring a small party. It’s not just those snake goons you’re gonna have worry about."

The Ninja, the Mane Six, the Royal Sisters, the Spinjitzu Brothers, and the Dragon Lord made their way to the volcano where they could see up ahead a hole had been drilled into the side of it. Frost's Falcon flew around them as Aqua's voice came out of it via radio transmission. "The volcano seems to be on the verge of erupting. All recent indicators tell us that this place is becoming increasingly fragile. Even the smallest rupture can make the whole thing go off."

"Then we mustn't use the Golden Weapons or any magic," Luna said as everypony nodded and the Ninja, minus Trail, put their weapons away. Trail, however, just kept walking while holding his Sword until Aqua spoke through the Falcon again.

"Trail?" she warned as she was not going to let his arrogance and short temper put them in jeopardy again.

Trail sighed as he put his sword on his back. "Yeah, yeah. No Sword of Fire, but only because I wouldn’t want anything stopping us from getting that Fangblade." he reluctantly replied. Since leaving the Bounty, he figured that perhaps retrieving the third Fangblade could help him become the Light Ninja.

"Or my son!" Garmadon reminded him.

As the group walked, Twilight noticed many painted carvings on the walls, likely the history of the Dragon Lands in pictorial form. Soon, her eyes were stopped by a particular craving: a large red dragon with black details sitting upon the Dragon Lord's throne with several other dragons bowing before it.

"Hey Ember, what's this?" Twilight asked the Dragon Lord.

Ember turned to the picture, her eyes widening with a bit of reverence. "Oh, that?" she asked before explaining, "That's one of the few carvings of Firstbourne~"

"Oh… Was she one of the past Dragon Lords?" Rarity asked.

"She wasn’t just a one of the old Dragon Lord, she was the very first Dragon Lord in our history," Ember corrected. "Not only that, the legends said that every dragon that's ever been was descended from her bloodline."

Celestia also approached as she pointed out, "Which is why she also referred to as: The Mother of all Dragons."

"Or as we dragons call her, ‘The Great Mother’," Ember added. "It was said her breath held the power of every element. And although she was said to be incredibly fierce and strong, she was also considered kind and wise."

Through the Falcon, the others back at the Bounty listened in awe, especially Spike and Smolder.

"Amazing, but what happened to her?" Twilight asked, to which Ember simply shrugged.

"Don't know. My dad told me that one day she just disappeared without a trace. Some say she ran away from her duties as Dragon Lord, while others say that she simply passed on. But I guess we'll never really know what happened to her," she remarked before waving at them to follow her. "Anyway, enough story time. Come on, we got some Serpentine to stomp out of my kingdom."

They soon started walking again as Twilight glanced once more at the depiction of Firstbourne before catching up with the others.

They soon came upon a cave shaped like a Serpentine with lava pouring down it, "Oh, a giant snake head," Rainbow said, laughing nervously. "That's totally not ominous."

"I hope it's not hungry," Thunder commented.

Ember pointed at the cave. "There, the Serpentine must be inside the inner core of the Volcano looking for that Fangblade," she said.

"Then from here on out, we travel by shadow," Wu ordered as they walked into the cave.

"It's the only way I know how," Garmadon said as rushed quietly into the cave.

"And I, as well," Luna added.

Soon they quietly rushed down the tunnel where they saw the Serpentine standing around what looked like an old lava mine. Pythor was seen looking at the map while a Hypnobrai was digging at the ground.

Pinkie then looked to her right and gasped silently. "There's Lloyd!" she told them as they saw Lloyd sitting sadly in a cage.

Garmadon gasped as he saw his child. "Son," he said as he tried to reach out to him.

Celestia pulled him back however. "Shh, they mustn't know we're here," she whispered. "Move silently and slowly everypony,"

The others nodded as they carefully scaled down the wall.

Meanwhile, Pythor heard what sounded like metal being struck in the ground, making him look up from the map to address the diggers.

"Argh, out of my way, fool!” he shouted at the Hypnobrai that was digging before he pushed him aside. He looked closer and saw the third Fangblade sticking out of the ground.

"The third Fangblade is ours!" Pythor declared as all the other Serpentine cheered and laughed, now they were only one Fangblade away from their goal.

As the heroes continued scaling the wall, Pythor looked at the blade and in its reflection, he saw the Ninja and the others in it behind him.

"Ninja?" He shouted in surprise before he turned to them pointing the blade. "Attack!" he commanded his army, who took notice of the heroes too and pulled out their weapons.

With their cover blow, the group stood ready for battle, "Light as a leaf! Attack like there's no tomorrow!" Wu ordered them.

"Or else there'll be no tomorrow!" Celestia added as she knocked a knocked a Hypnobrai into the Lava below.

Luckily, he managed to climb back up before he sank but his tail was on fire and ran away to put out. "Ow, owowow, ow! Hot tail! Hot tail! HOT TAIL!" He yelled in pain as Celestia and Wu knocked away more Serpentine.

Landrush and Applejack rushed from platform to platform knocking down Serpentine. On the other side, Flash and Twilight worked together to fight off the snakes. After Flash kicked down a Fangpyre a small burst of lava appeared in front of him. "Wind!" he called out, flapping his wings, creating a small wind tunnel that parted the lava and Twilight rode the wind to kick down some snakes.

Frost then punched two Serpentine behind him without even looking. "Ice!" he commanded, creating an ice slide which Fluttershy and Rarity slide down to kick away the Serpentine.

Gaia flipped over three snakes before knocking them over. "Life!" she called out which summoned large roots out from the ground which grabbed the Serpentine, letting Rainbow, and Pinkie take them down.

Trail soon found himself surrounded, and being the only one without powers he had no way of fighting back. Then after contemplating with himself, Trail drew the Sword of Fire and used its power to beat back the Serpentine. Unfortunately, the volcano sensed the Sword’s elemental power of fire and soon the lava began glowing and rising around them.

"Trail! What are you doing?!" Starlight asked as she kicked away a Venomari.

"Trail! Your sword is compromising our safety!" Aqua told her brother through the Falcon.

Trail however, even though seeing the danger they were in, refused to put away his Sword, "I will do what I must," he said firmly.

The Serpentine then decided it was time to leave. "Let's get out of here!" Pythor called out as he turned to three Constrictai with a smirk, "But not before we leave them with a parting gift! BOYS!" The Serpentine diggers saluted as they started burrowing throughout the cave, lava spewing out from the holes they created as the volcano started shaking violently.

"They're making the volcano unstable." Frost told the others.

"Any minute this place is gonna blow!" Twilight added as the ground began to shook. "We have to get out of here!"

"Not without my son!" Garmadon said as he push them aside when he saw the Serpentine taking his son with them.

"Dad!" Lloyd called out from the cage.

Garmadon then jumped across the lava and started attacking the snakes as he climbed up to get his son. Pythor saw Garmadon approaching and knew exactly what he was coming for.

"Argh! Lose the colt!" he ordered the Serpentine carrying Lloyd, having no further use for his ‘liberator’.

"Daddy!" Lloyd called as his cage was throw over the ledge and down into the lava.

"Lloyd!" Garmadon yelled in horror, but to his relief, Lloyd landed on a ledge but the cage was slowly sinking into the Lava. Garmadon knocked away each Serpentine as the lava was getting close to Lloyd. He looked up ahead as there were more Serpentine but not enough time to reach his son. One Serpentine charged at Garmadon with a sphere before Garmadon grabbed it and flipped that Serpentine over and charged at a bunch of them before using the spear to hurdle over them. He then grabbed the handle of the cage and pulled Lloyd up to safety.

Lloyd hung from the half-melted cage as he neared his father. "Daddy!" the colt said with joy as he jumped into Garmadon’s arms and nuzzled his chest, too happy to even question his father's new body.

Garmadon hugged his son closely to his chest for the first time in years, "Son," he said in relieved joy. The two were so busy with their reunion they did not notice Trail fly past them.

"The Fangblade's mine!" he said flying as fast as he could towards Pythor.

"Trail, come back! It's too dangerous!" Flash called out as the others were making their way from where they came in. "The whole place is going to explode!"

"Then I better be quick!" Trail shouted as Pythor was about to go through the hole the Serpentine came through with the Fangblade. Trail wasn't going to let him get away with it as he drew out his sword and through it at Pythor, knocking the blade out of his hand and sticking both it and the sword in the wall. Pythor let out a frustrated roar when the Fangblade was knocked out of his hand before he tried to pull the sword out of the wall to get the blade.

"Hurry, we must leave here at once!" Skales called out to Pythor from the hole before a burst of lava shot up in front of him. Pythor yelped in fright before rushing through the hole, knowing the Fangblade was not worth getting fried over, before it caved in.

As Garmadon returned with Lloyd to the other Trail still made a run for his sword and the Fangblade.

"Leave it Trail! It isn’t worth your life!" Thunder shouted to him.

"Not without that Fangblade!" Trail shouted as he dodged another piece of falling rock.

"Just let that thing melt in the lava, Trail! If it's destroyed, we'll still win!" Twilight shouted but Trail ignored her. The lava below soon began to rise rapidly as the whole place was coming down around them.

"We don't have much time. We need to go now!" Ember shouted.

"But what about Trail?" Lloyd asked before he turned to look where Trail was. "Trail!" He called out before a piece of the ledge he is standing on broke apart.

"Lloyd!" Garmadon called out as he tried to grab his son but was too late. They all watched as Lloyd fell down before landing on the piece of ledge that ended up floated on the lava.

"DADDY!" he called out as they tried to find a way to reach him while Trail tried to free his Sword and the Fangblade free. "Dad! I'm sinking!" Lloyd’s rock raft floated further and further away from his father and friends.

"Ugh, it won't budge!" Trail grunted as pulled and pulled on his Sword, completely ignoring Lloyd in the middle of lava. Then with one last pull, Trail freed his Golden Weapon but the Fangblade fell towards the lava before it got caught on a ledge.

The volcano was getting closer and closer to erupting as more debris fell around them, "We have to get out of here, or else none of us will get out of here!" Wu told them as Trail leapt down and tried to grab the Fangblade.

"But my son!" Garmadon argued, desperately trying to go back for Lloyd as Wu and Celestia pulled him back.

"I'm sorry, big brother," Celestia said regretfully.

Flash then looked down at Trail, knowing that he may very well be Lloyd's only hope. "Trail! If you can hear me, just this ONCE do what is truly right and protect those who need you!" he shouted to him before the cave entrance collapsed.

Trail seemed to have ignored Flash as he tried to grab the Fangblade as it sank closer and closer towards the lava. Trail growled in frustration, he was literally in his element and still he could do nothing, "Come on! Why won't my power unlock?" Trail demanded himself, wanting to know what he had to prove to--

"TRAIL! HELP ME!" Trail was pulled from his frustration as finally turned to Lloyd, trapped in the middle of the lava and looking very afraid. Trail soon found himself with a tough choice: If he tried to save the Fangblade he would save Equestria from the Serpentine and prove himself to be the Light Ninja but Lloyd would be doomed. But if he saved Lloyd, he would lose the Fangblade, along with his last chance to become the Light Ninja.

Then he remembered Flash's words. "Just this ONCE do what is truly right and protect those who need you!". He looked towards Lloyd, the son of the greatest villain of Equestria, the one who started this whole mess with Pythor and Serpentine but overtime grew to be part of their family. Then right then and there, Trail realized something.

With one last glance to Fangblade that was now sinking into the lava, Trail turned back to Lloyd with determined look and did what he should've done from the very being: protecting his friend. "Come on! Let's get out of here!" Trail shouted as he flew over to Lloyd and lifted him to his back.

"But the Fangblade--!" Lloyd tried to say as he saw it disappear beneath the lava.

"Forget it! This place is coming apart!" Trail told him, not regretting his decision at all, as it was probably best the Fangblade was in the lava. "NINJA, GO!" Trail used Spinjitzu to jump from rock to rock before flying up to escape, but the cave entrance was already blocked. but then before he could do anything he and Lloyd soon found themselves surround by walls of fire, but strangely enough the flames didn't touch them, if anything they seemed to be protecting them. Trail felt a power rising inside of him and the Sword of Fire began to glow, he then realized what was happening as he and Lloyd were ingulfed in the flames.

The others were making their way out of the volcano as Garmadon tried to struggle free from Celestia's and Wu's hold. "Lloyd! LLOYD!" He screamed out as they were making their way to the bounty. As the ship took off the volcano finally erupted and they looked on in fear.

"Trail," Aqua whispered in dread.

"Son," Garmadon said with sorrow, bowing his head.

Celestia frown at him with sympathy, "Oh, Garmadon," she said softly placing a wing over him. Flash sighed at the loss of two of his friends until he looked up and saw something.

"Guys, look!" He gasped, pointing to the volcano. Everypony looked and saw a ball of red energy and fire spewing out of the volcano. but instead of falling to the ground the ball flew straight towards them.

"Could it be?" Rarity asked in awe, as from within the ball was Trail, his body glowing with fiery energy and carrying Lloyd on his back.

"It's Trail! He's found his True Potential!" Thunder said as Trail landed on the deck with Lloyd exhausted covered in ash and soot but very much alive. He flipped his hood up and smiled at Wu who was up in the bridge and the old stallion smiled back and nodded.

Trail then powered down and fell to the floor as the other rushed to his aid.

"Good job bro, and I’m glad your okay" Aqua said to Trail with a smile and hug.

Trail gave a tired smile back but it turned into a frown as he turned to his, "I'm sorry everypony, I lost the Fangblade." he said with guilt.

Luna however smiled. "But you saved young Lloyd." she reminded him as Garmadon took the colt into his hooves.

"You did the right thing," Flash added as he placed a hoof on Trail's shoulder with a smile.

Spike then coughed, "Um look, I love a reunion just as much as the next dragon, but maybe we could it somewhere away from the volcano?!" He suggested and with that the Destiny's Bounty flew away from the Volcano and out of the Dragon Lands.

Soon they all gathered on the bridge as Garmadon was holding his son close to him while Fluttershy checked him. "Dad? Is it really you?" Lloyd asked as he looked up to his father.

"It is, son." Garmadon answered as Lloyd looked down at his father's body.

"Dad… why do you have six hooves and dragon wings?" Lloyd asked.

Fluttershy smiled. "He's going to be just fine," she said as everypony cheered and Garmadon turned to Trail with a grateful smile.

"Thank you, Trail," he thanked as Trail smiled back.

Cozy went up to Lloyd and hugged her best friend, “Welcome home Lloyd,” She said as Lloyd hugged her back.

"But how did you survive?" Frost asked.

"Yes, how did you discover the key to unlocking your powers?" Gaia added.

Trail then explained, "I knew when I had to make a choice, I wanted the Fangblade so badly to prove I was good enough to become the Light Ninja," the others shook their heads in amusement, for that much was obvious, "But when I saw Lloyd in trouble, I remembered that as a Ninja, it was my duty to protect the people of Equestria." Wu and the royal sisters smiled and nodded. Trail then bowed his head, "And then that's when I realized something: all of our training to become the best Ninja we could be, wasn't in preparation for one of us to become the Light Ninja," he said as the others listen with confusion, before looked at Lloyd and smiled, "It was, to protect him." Lloyd frown in confusion while Garmadon looked down at his son in shock.

The others soon caught on to what he meant and were shocked as well, Pinkie’s jaw literally hit the floor. "What?" Lloyd asked as he wondered why they were all looking at him. "What's everypony looking at me for?"

"Of course, Lloyd is the son of Garmadon, and both he and Wu are sons of the first Spinjitzu Master," Flash pointed out.

"So that would mean..." Twilight said before she, Celestia and Luna gathered the six weapons and place them in front of Lloyd. All six weapons hovered in the air as light surged around Lloyd.

Wu gasped in shock. "Lloyd is the Light Ninja," he realized as Lloyd looked around him in awe. "I had thought it would be one of you, but it was him the whole time. It all makes sense. Not only have you six been chosen to protect the Golden Weapons, but also to protect the chosen one," he said as the weapons stopped glowing and he placed a hoof on his nephew's shoulder.

Garmadon smiled with pride at his son for finding a destiny away from his path until he realized something terrible. "That means..." he said with a frown on his face as Celestia turned to him.

"The battle lines have been drawn, brother," Celestia spoke in a sad tone as she turned to Lloyd who had realized it too. "Sadly, this family has only become more divided. First it was brother versus brother, sister versus sister, and now, son versus father."

Lloyd shook his head and he jumped into his father's hooves, the father he would one day have to fight and Garmadon hugged the one destined to stop him tightly. The other watched with sympathy until Rainbow interrupted the tender moment.

"Heh, okay, I get this is a lot to take in and all," she said before she frowned, "But could somepony tell me whatever happened to THE FANGBLADE?!?"

Back at the volcano, Pythor and the rest of the Serpentine were making their way down till something caught Pythor's eye. The Fangblade had survived the lava and was now sticking out of a lava flow before Pythor used his staff to reach in and pulled it out.

It spun in the air before striking the ground as Pythor smiled in its reflection. "Ah, so beautiful," he said before turning to two Venomari. "Cool and clean it off boys. Because we've only got one more to go," he said before whacking the Fangblade over to them. The two yelped as the Fangblade was still hot, passing it to each other. Pythor ignored them as he chuckled evilly as he was now closer than ever to unleashing the Great Devourer.